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Make a quick launch shortcut
This shows how to make a standard shortcut on the "Quick Launch" section of the START menu bar.
;Get user application data directory
appdatadir=ShortCutDir("AppData",0,1)
;add path to quick launch directory
quicklaunchdir=StrCat(appdatadir,"Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\")
;Define shortcut name
linkfile="Run Notepad.lnk"
;Define application to run
appexe="notepad.exe"
;build full lnk file name
fulllnkfile=StrCat(quicklaunchdir,linkfile)
;does shortcut of sname name exist?
; FileExist does not work as expected for shortcuts
test=FileItemize(fulllnkfile)
;If shortcut exists, delete it
If test != "" Then FileDelete(fulllnkfile)
;Make new quick launch shortcut
ShortCutMake(fulllnkfile,appexe,"","",@NORMAL)
;Done
Article ID: W16217
File Created: 2004:03:30:15:43:20
Last Updated: 2004:03:30:15:43:20