Create and Edit a shortcut to a BAT file.

Keywords: 	 Create Edit shortcut BAT file ShortcutMake ShortcutExtra

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Question:

I am trying to create a shortcut to a .bat file in Windows 95. However it is not creating a .lnk file, instead it creates a .pif file. Why is this and how do I create the shortcut and modify the icon????

Answer:

Yes your correct. In Windows 95 when you create a shortcut to a .BAT file, it actually creates a .PIF file instead of a .LNK file. Try creating the shortcut to the bat file manually, from within Windows 95, you'll see it creates a .PIF file...

You can create the 'shortcut' to the .BAT, then edit the resulting .PIF, using the ShortCutExtra function.

Here is an example how.

dirchange("C:\temp")
ShortcutMake("icon.lnk", "C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\WinBatch scripts\doall.bat","", "C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP\WinBatch scripts\", @icon)
ShortcutExtra("icon.pif", "Test", "^!j", "C:\WINDOWS\GRAYCAT.ICO", 0)
exit

Notice you must reference the .LNK extension when you create the shortcut with ShortCutMake, but once its created you will need to refeernce the .PIF extension, in ShortCutExtra.

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Article ID:   W14730

Filename:   Create and Edit a shortcut to a BAT file.txt