Shortcuts and Start Menu Question

[jonvantuyl]

Say that you have a folder with 5 sub folders, which each have 5 files inside of them,

is there any way to create a program that creates short cuts for all of these files inside of the start menu folder. Where all u need to do is type in the location of the two folders.?? any help is great, thanks.

[Ianf]

The following solution uses the FileSystemObject

Dim Folder As Object
Dim File As Object
Dim FileCollection As Object
Dim WSHShell As Object
Dim MyShortcut As Object
Dim RealFile As String

Set FileSysObject = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

Set Folder = FileSysObject.GetFolder("F:\Files\")
Set FileCollection = Folder.Files
For Each File In FileCollection

RealFile = File.Name & ".lnk"
Set MyShortcut = WSHShell.CreateShortcut("C:\WINNT\Profiles\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\" & "\Shortcut to " & RealFile)

' Set shortcut object properties and save it
MyShortcut.TargetPath = File
MyShortcut.Save

Next


Hope this helps