FileCreateShortcut is not working out of sudden

[gahhon]

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Global Const $DIR_WA_FOLDER         = @MyDocumentsDir & '\Whatsapp Extension'
Global Const $DIR_SHORTCUT          = @DesktopDir     & '\WhatsappWeb.exe'

Func _Create_Shortcut()
    Local $sMessage = "Creating shortcut "

    _Metro_SplashTextScreen(1, "", $sMessage)
    AdlibRegister("_Metro_LoopInProgress")

    If FileExists($DIR_WA_FOLDER) Then
        $iDelete = FileDelete($DIR_SHORTCUT)
        If $iDelete Then
            _FileWriteLog($LOG_INSTALLATION, "Debug: Desktop's shortcut is deleted.")
        Else
            _FileWriteLog($LOG_INSTALLATION, "Debug: Desktop's shortcut is not found. But, desktop's shortcut is still created.")
        EndIf

        If FileExists($DIR_WA_FOLDER & '\WhatsappWeb.exe') Then
            $iCreate = FileCreateShortcut($DIR_WA_FOLDER & '\WhatsappWeb.exe', $DIR_SHORTCUT)
            If $iCreate Then
                _Metro_MsgBox(0, "", "Desktop shortcut is now created!")
                _FileWriteLog($LOG_INSTALLATION, "Debug: Desktop's shortcut is created.")
            Else
                _Metro_MsgBox(0, "", "Desktop shortcut is failed to created!")
                _FileWriteLog($LOG_INSTALLATION, "Error: Fail to create shortcut.")
            EndIf
        Else
            _Metro_MsgBox(0, "", "Source not found!")
            _FileWriteLog($LOG_INSTALLATION, "Error: WhatsappWeb.exe is not found.")
        EndIf
    Else
        _Metro_MsgBox(0, "", "Source not found!")
        _FileWriteLog($LOG_INSTALLATION, "Error: Whatsapp Extension folder is not found.")
    EndIf

    AdlibUnRegister("_Metro_LoopInProgress")
    _Metro_SplashTextScreen(0)
EndFunc

So I do have a button to trigger this create shortcut to desktop.
But after it created shortcut at desktop, I cannot execute the shortcut as it has no any response.

Then I go try trigger the file at the source path @MyDocumentDir & '\Whatsapp Extension\WhatsappWeb.exe' and it work as expected.
Then I go to check my log, and it shows:- (P/S: I already did trigger the function twice)

2019-02-28 23:27:32 : Debug: Desktop's shortcut is not found. But, desktop's shortcut is still created.
2019-02-28 23:27:33 : Debug: Desktop's shortcut is created.
2019-02-28 23:28:40 : Debug: Desktop's shortcut is not found. But, desktop's shortcut is still created.
2019-02-28 23:28:41 : Debug: Desktop's shortcut is created.

So based on my log shows, it failed to locate the shortcut, but it did exists there.

 

P/S: This project is done developed weeks ago, every testing is passed. Is just somehow the executable cannot be execute.

 

 

Any advise?

Edited February 28, 2019 by gahhon

[Subz]

Where is the ".lnk" extension?  The shortcut filename would be "WhatsappWeb.exe.lnk" not "WhatsappWeb.exe"

[gahhon]

41 minutes ago, Subz said:

Where is the ".lnk" extension?  The shortcut filename would be "WhatsappWeb.exe.lnk" not "WhatsappWeb.exe"

Okay. The log message is solved, but the shortcut is still can't execute.

 

[Subz]

Check the shortcut properties, is it pointing to the correct path?  Create a shortcut manually that works and compare it against the Autoit shortcuts.

[gahhon]

5 hours ago, Subz said:

Check the shortcut properties, is it pointing to the correct path?  Create a shortcut manually that works and compare it against the Autoit shortcuts.

It missing the Start in: <Path>

[Subz]

So did you try:

FileCreateShortcut($DIR_WA_FOLDER & '\WhatsappWeb.exe', $DIR_SHORTCUT, $DIR_WA_FOLDER)

 

[gahhon]

8 hours ago, Subz said:

So did you try:

FileCreateShortcut($DIR_WA_FOLDER & '\WhatsappWeb.exe', $DIR_SHORTCUT, $DIR_WA_FOLDER)

 

After adding the workingdir is working fine. But I wonder why workingdir? I thought it optional tho?

[Earthshine]

Because the app that you’re trying to launch requires it most likely