[python-win32] Problem creating a shortcut

[Roger Upole]

Mike Driscoll wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've had this niggling issue from time to time. I want to create a
> shortcut on the user's desktop to a website that specifically loads
> Firefox even if Firefox is not the default browser.
> 
> I usually use COM as it allows very specific settings of the shortcut,
> such as the Working Directory and the Target Path. However, the
> following will not work for some reason:
> 
> <code>
> 
> import win32com.client
> import winshell
> 
> shell = win32com.client.Dispatch('WScript.Shell')
> userDesktop = winshell.desktop()
> 
> shortcut = shell.CreateShortCut(userDesktop + '\\MyShortcut.lnk')
> shortcut.Targetpath = r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
> https:\www.myCompanyWebsite.com\ 
> <http://www.myCompanyWebsite.com%5C>auth\preauth.php'
> shortcut.WorkingDirectory = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla
> Firefox'
> shortcut.save()
> 
> </code>
> 
> This creates the following target path (which doesn't work for obvious 
> reasons) in the shortcut's Target Path. The extra "C:\" is getting in 
> there somehow...
> 
> "C:\"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https:
> \www.myCompanyWebsite.com\ 
> <http://www.myCompanyWebsite.com%5C>auth\preauth.php"
> 
> If I leave the website off the TargetPath, it works. If I take the path 
> to Firefox
> out of the TargetPath, it works too. Is there another method I can use 
> other than
> creating the shortcut by hand and using the shutil module?
> 
> Thank you for any ideas.
> 
> Mike

I think you need to put the URL in shortcut.Arguments rather than
appending it to the executable path.

          Roger