Win32api.... can it create a Windows shortcut (.lnk) file?

[Stefan Migowsky]

Hi 


Mark Hammond did a great job on wrapping the win32api. So 
creating a shortcut is just so easy :
################ CreateShortCut.py ####################

from win32com.shell import shell
import win32api
import pythoncom
import os
import sys

def CreateShortCut(Path, Target,Arguments = "", StartIn = "", Icon = ("",0),
Description = ""):
    # Get the shell interface.
    sh = pythoncom.CoCreateInstance(shell.CLSID_ShellLink, None, \
        pythoncom.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, shell.IID_IShellLink)

    # Get an IPersist interface
    persist = sh.QueryInterface(pythoncom.IID_IPersistFile)

    # Set the data
    sh.SetPath(Target)
    sh.SetDescription(Description)
    sh.SetArguments(Arguments)
    sh.SetWorkingDirectory(StartIn)
    sh.SetIconLocation(Icon[0],Icon[1])

    # Save the link itself.
    persist.Save(Path, 1)

if __name__ == "__main__":
	TempDir = os.environ["TEMP"]
	WinRoot = os.environ["windir"]

	Path        =  WinRoot    + "\\Profiles\\All Users\\Desktop\\New
Link.lnk"
	Target      =  Pythonroot + "pythonw.exe "
	Arguments   =  TempDir + "\\test.py"
	StartIn     =  TempDir
	Icon        = (Pythonroot + "\\py.ico", 0)
	Description = "New Link"

	CreateShortCut(Path,Target,Arguments,StartIn,Icon,Description)


Stefan



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-----Original Message-----
From: me [mailto:none at fake.net]
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 7:54 AM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Win32api.... can it create a Windows shortcut (.lnk) file?


I'm just trying to find an easy to create shortcuts on Windows platforms
through Python... it doesn't seem to be a simple matter though. 
 I've gone
through all the Win32 docs, and found nothing, and have started writing
(with limited success) a C function to do it.

Is there an easy way?  q:]

Thanks,
Kevin Cazabon
kcazabon at home.com



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