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#27403 - 2002-08-20 11:58 AM creating desktop shortcut on 9x and 2000 PC's
Pieman Pieman Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-08-20 Posts: 29	HELP..! I'm new to Kixtart and require help creating a desktop shortcut on 9x and NT/2000 PC's, can this be done and how would I go about doing it? Pieman _________________________ It takes a human hours to fcuk up what a computer can do in seconds...
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#27404 - 2002-08-20 01:33 PM Re: creating desktop shortcut on 9x and 2000 PC's
Bloem Bloem Fresh Scripter Registered: 2002-07-16 Posts: 7	With the copy command you can copy shortcuts on the desktop. Make on one computer the shortcuts and put them in a share on the server and then copy them with shell "%COMSPEC% /c copy \\SERVER\SHARE\*.LNK C:\docume~1\@USERID\desktop /y /q /s" There is actualy something tricky unde Windows 2000. because the userid can change and you have to look in de c:\document and settings. In my case the username XXX was on seperate systems XXX, XXX.domainname or XXX.000. Depent on XXX already exists on the system.
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#27405 - 2002-08-20 02:00 PM Re: creating desktop shortcut on 9x and 2000 PC's
Jack Lothian Jack Lothian MM club member Registered: 1999-10-22 Posts: 1169 Loc: Ottawa,Ontario, Canada	This issue comes up regularly. Do a search of he forum & you will get dozens of references. You might look into the utility MAKESCUT from scriptlogoc or another I think was written by shawn & called link.exe. There are several UFDs dealing with this issue as well. _________________________ Jack
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#27406 - 2002-08-20 02:06 PM Re: creating desktop shortcut on 9x and 2000 PC's
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	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 _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#27407 - 2002-08-20 02:20 PM Re: creating desktop shortcut on 9x and 2000 PC's
Kdyer Kdyer KiX Supporter Registered: 2001-01-03 Posts: 6241 Loc: Tigard, OR	Jack, Good suggestion. Created an FAQ for this - Copy a shortcut to the Desktop, Start Menu, etc. Thanks! Kent _________________________ Utilize these resources: UDFs (Full List) KiXtart FAQ & How to's
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#27408 - 2002-08-20 02:52 PM Re: creating desktop shortcut on 9x and 2000 PC's
MightyR1 MightyR1 MM club member Registered: 1999-09-09 Posts: 1264 Loc: The Netherlands	Pieman, For creating a shortcut, you can also use: Softlink() - Topic: SoftLink() - Creates a shortcut anywhere HTH _________________________ Greetz, Patrick Rutten - We'll either find a way or make one... - Knowledge is power; knowing how to find it is more powerful... - Problems don't exist; they are challenges...
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