Shortcuts

how do you make shortcuts on the desktop

This is a nice CodeBank example using VB.

And here is one using Windows Scripting Host.

and here is one thats really short:

VB Code:

Private Declare Function fCreateShellLink Lib "VB5STKIT.DLL" _
    (ByVal lpstrFolderName As String, ByVal lpstrLinkName As String, _
    ByVal lpstrLinkPath As String, ByVal lpstrLinkArgs As String) As Long
 
dim result as long
 
Result = fCreateShellLink("..\..\Desktop", ShortCutName, App.Path & "\exename.exe", (properties))

you can delete the , properties, its for adding properties to the shortcut
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whenever i try to run that i get the error
cannont find "VB5STKIT.DLL"

VB5STKIT.DLL is only supplied with VB5.

Heres the original reference.

what does it have to be for vb 6

The example in post #2. ;)

really, i would prefer to use code i understand

and the example in post 2 dosent work

The example in #3 is easier. ;)

the example in post 3 does

use google to find the dll man...