DeathCertsOnline? Kinda creepy

 Originally Posted By: Karon

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Is there an easier way??



Yes there is.
You can use the WSHShortcut UDF for this. See the example below. All you need to do is change the URL to the website. Do not change the WSHShortcut function itself because it is a UDF and it comes ready for use.

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$rc = wshShortcut("DeathCertsOnline", "http://www.somewebsite.com") 

;DO NOT MODIFY ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE.
;IT IS A UDF AND COMES READY FOR USE.
; wshShortCut()
;   
;Authors and Contributors:   
; Shawn, Radimus, Al_Po,   
; Richard Farthing, NTDOC   
;   
;Version:   
; 1.3.4   
;   
;Action:   
; Creates Shortcuts for files or Web pages   
;   
;Syntax:   
; wshShortCut($shortcutname,$targetpath,optional $arguments, optional $startdir, optional $iconpath, optional $style, optional $Description)   
;   
;Parameters:   
; SHORTCUTNAME 	Required. Name of Shortcut. If path is omitted, will be saved to desktop.   
; TARGETPATH 	Required. The path the target point to.  To ommit checking if path exists in the function, append the target path 
;                         with ",1"   
; ARGUMENTS 	Optional. Arguments appended to TARGETPATH   
; STARTDIR 	Optional. Working Directory   
; ICONPATH 	Optional. Path to Icon Library. To specify an icon other than the first, separate the icon path with   
;                   	  ",#" where # represents the icon in the library.   
; STYLE 	Optional. 1 = default, 3 = maximized window, 7 = minimized window   
; DESCRIPTION 	Optional. Description or Comment about Shortcut   
; HOTKEY 	Optional. Keyboard Hotkey.  (Note:  Shortcut must be saved to desktop or startmenu for Hotkey to function) 
;   
;Remarks:  
; wshShortCut 1.3.4 
; - Dimmed undimmed var 
; wshShortCut 1.3.3 
; - Added option to bypass TARGETPATH exist check on LNK shortcuts.  Add ,1 to the end of your Targetpath to bypass 
;   See Example below. 
; wshShortCut 1.3.2 
; - Included Option for HotKey(.hotkey)  
; wshShortCut 1.3.1  
; - Bug Fixes when creating URL shortcuts  
; wshShortCut 1.3  
; - Attempts to create directory structure to shortcut if it does not exist  
; wshShortcut 1.2:   
; - Support for NoVarsinStrings   
; - Checks for existence of TargetPath in .lnk files   
; - Included option for Description (.description)   
; wshShortcut 1.1:   
; - fixes a logic bug in wshShortCut 1.0 so you can use more than icons 0-9 in a icon library on URLS.   
; - Unless path is explicity stated in $ShortCutName, icons are created on the desktop   
; - If .lnk or .url is omitted, UDF tries to determine the shortcut type, but defaults to .lnk if it can't figure it out.   
; wshShortCut 1.0   
; http://www.kixtart.org/ubbthreads/showfl...=true#Post81769   
;   
;Examples:   
; $=wshShortcut("KiXtart Web Page","http://www.kixtart.org")   
; $=wshShortcut("Notepad","%systemroot%\system32\notepad.exe")   
; $=wshShortcut$=wshshortcut("Server1","\\Server1,1") 
 

 

Function wshShortCut($shortcutname, $targetpath, optional $arguments, optional $startdir, optional $iconpath, optional $style, optional $description, optional $hotkey)
	Dim $shell, $desktop, $shortcut, $index, $iconinfo, $iconindex, $scdir, $rc
	$wshshortcut = 1
	$shell = CreateObject("wscript.shell")
	If $shell
		If UCase(Right($shortcutname, 4)) = ".URL" Or UCase(Right($shortcutname, 4)) = ".LNK"
			;do nothing 
		Else
			If UCase(Left($targetpath, 5)) = "HTTP:" Or UCase(Left($targetpath, 6)) = "HTTPS:" Or UCase(Left($targetpath, 4)) = "FTP:"
				$shortcutname = $shortcutname + ".url"
			Else
				$shortcutname = $shortcutname + ".lnk"
			EndIf
		EndIf
		If InStr($targetpath, ",")
			$targetpath = Split($targetpath, ",")[0]
		Else
			If InStr($shortcutname, ".lnk") And Not Exist($targetpath)
				Exit 2
			EndIf
		EndIf
		If InStr($shortcutname, "\") = 0
			$Desktop = $shell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
			$shortcutname = $desktop + "\" + $shortcutname
		Else
			$scdir = SubStr($shortcutname, 1, InStrRev($shortcutname, "\"))
			If Not Exist($scdir)
				MD $scdir
				If @error
					Exit @error
				EndIf
			EndIf
		EndIf
		$shortcut = $shell.createshortcut($shortcutname)
		If $shortcut
			$shortcut.targetpath = $targetpath
			If $iconpath And InStrRev($shortcutname, ".lnk")
				$shortcut.iconlocation = $iconpath
			EndIf
			If $arguments
				$shortcut.arguments = $arguments
			EndIf
			If $startdir
				$shortcut.workingdirectory = $startdir
			EndIf
			If $style
				$shortcut.windowstyle = $style
			EndIf
			If $description And InStrRev($shortcutname, ".lnk")
				$shortcut.description = $description
			EndIf
			If $hotkey
				$shortcut.hotkey = $hotkey
			EndIf
			$shortcut.save
			If @error
				Exit @error
			EndIf
			If InStrRev($shortcutname, ".url") And $iconpath
				$index = InStrRev($iconpath, ",")
				If $index = 0
					$iconindex = 0
				Else
					$iconindex = Split($iconpath, ",")[1]
					$iconpath = Split($iconpath, ",")[0]
				EndIf
				$rc = WriteProfileString($shortcutname, "InternetShortcut", "IconFile", $iconpath)
				$rc = WriteProfileString($shortcutname, "InternetShortcut", "IconIndex", $iconindex)
			EndIf
			$shortcut = 0
			$wshshortcut = 0
		Else
			Exit @error
		EndIf 
	Else
		Exit @error
	EndIf 
EndFunction   
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