You really should use the Shell Folders Location of the registry..

It is in the same location no matter if it is 9x, NT, 2k, XP for the current user.
code:
$desktop = READVALUE("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders","Desktop")
copy "Yourshortcut.LNK" $desktop
If you want to create shortcuts using WSH, have a look at this UDF - WshShortCut - Create shortcuts programatically with WSH . The difference is that an Application shortcut vs. a Browser Shortcut is that they are a .LNK and .URL, respectively.

HTH,

Kent
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