creating shortcut

[maniaq]

can teach me how to put the shortcut, for egzample nero burning rom.lnk on the desktop while the desktop isn't started,maybe it can be done with runonceex.tnx

[Doc Symbiosis]

You could use a vbs-script, perhaps the following:

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'This Script creates a shortcut to the second argument in location of the first argument(including the shortcut's name)

'The shortcut is set to start with maximized window, the icon is taken from the targetfile

Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set fs = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

set oArgs = Wscript.Arguments

SCutPath = oArgs.item(0) 'The first argument

ProgPath = oArgs.item(1) 'The second argument

SCutPath = wshshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(SCutPath) 'Expand environment variables to real path

ProgPath = wshshell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings(ProgPath) 'Expand environment variables to real path

Set scut = WSHShell.CreateShortcut(ScutPath &".lnk")

scut.TargetPath = fs.GetAbsolutePathName(ProgPath)

scut.WorkingDirectory = fs.GetParentFolderName(ProgPath)

scut.IconLocation = ProgPath &",0"

scut.Windowstyle = 3

scut.Save

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you can call it from runonceex.cmd with the shortcutpath and progrmlocation as parameters, in which they are expanded, means that you can use environment variables like %PROGRAMFILES%, %ALLUSERSPROFILE% or %USERPROFILE% in your parameters.

When you save it as $OEM$\$1\Install\cscut.vbs, you can call it from runoceex.cmd like

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /VE /D "Create Shortcut" /f

REG ADD %KEY%\005 /V 1 /D "%systemdrive%\install\cscut.vbs %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Desktop %PROGRAMFILES%\Nero\Nero.exe" /f

[DigeratiPrime]

You could just create the shortcuts in advance and place them in the $OEM$ folders and they'll be copied automatically.

For example:

\XPCD\$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Desktop

\XPCD\$OEM$\$Docs\All Users\Start Menu\Programs

You can also use the %ProgramFiles% or other Environment Variables in the shortcuts.

Edited June 11, 2005 by DigeratiPrime

[matthewk]

This might help: http://64.233.187.104/search?q=cache:xy8Yl...owtopic%3D32125

Edit: Also, http://www.robvanderwoude.com/amb_shortcuts.html was a good read.

Edited June 11, 2005 by matthewk

[Yzöwl]

I have given examples here of how to do this using inf files and many people here also use a small utility tool named shortcut.exe.

[maniaq]

I have read the notes and it seems a little to hard for me to understand, but @DigeratiPrime has given me the easyiest way(i think) to create shortcut, just copy the .lnk file to the

\XPCD\$OEM$\$Docs\Administrator\Desktop

I only need to modify the target of the link from

E:\Program Files\Ahead\Nero\nero.exe

to

%ProgramFiles%\Ahead\Nero\nero.exe

this should work, right?

Edited June 12, 2005 by maniaq