Re: Creating a shortcut


<ahoraja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I would like to create a shortcut of a file on my desktop, but I am
still so much new to API use, anyone could give me a hint please ?

You need to use the IShellLink interface to create shortcuts. Take a
look at
http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/search/Redirect.aspx?title=Shell+Links+&url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/programmersguide/shell_int/shell_int_programming/shortcuts/shortcut.asp
for an overview of using it.

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