by Anonymous (267 Submissions)
Category: Windows System Services
Compatability: Visual Basic 5.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Sun 27th December 1998
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Create a shortcut in Windows on the desktop and on the start menu
API Declarations
'statement to Vb5stkit.dll. Stkit432.dll is for Visual Basic 4.0
Private Declare Function fCreateShellLink Lib "STKIT432.DLL" (ByVal lpstrFolderName As String, ByVal lpstrLinkName As String, ByVal lpstrLinkPath As String, ByVal lpstrLinkArgs As String) As Long
VBcoders
'Add to Desktop
lReturn = fCreateShellLink("..\..\Desktop", _
"Shortcut to Calculator", "c:\windows\calc.exe", "")
'Add to Program Menu Group
lReturn = fCreateShellLink("", "Shortcut to Calculator", _
"c:\windows\calc.exe", "")
'Add to Startup Group
'Note that on Windows NT, the shortcut will not actually appear
'in the Startup group until your next reboot.
lReturn = fCreateShellLink("\Startup", "Shortcut to Calculator", _
"c:\windows\calc.exe", "")
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