Batch file to place a shortcut on a user's desktop?

[Kumorigoe]

I need to know how to make a batch file for my users to click to place a shortcut to a certain webpage on their desktop. Many of them aren't really that good with URLs and the Favorites list and whatnot. If I can gove them something to click that does the work for them, that's best.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Kumorigoe]

I figured it out. Thanks again!

 

[karlisi]

As the name of this site says, it's the place to share tech tips. Your post contains no tip or solution, so it's useless for community. I really hate to find a bunch of "I figured it out" instead of real solution. Sorry.

===
Karlis
ECDL; MCSA

 

[Kumorigoe]

I wrote a VB script to do it and then used a zip archive to send it through email.

Script below:

Option Explicit

On Error Resume Next

Dim objShell
Dim objDesktop
Dim objLink
Dim strAppPath
Dim strWorkDir
Dim strIconPath



strWorkDir ="C:\windows"
strAppPath = "

http://dala_itserver2/newsite/intranet/dfwadir.php"

'you have to use your URL to Internet site or path to specific program
strIconPath = "C:\Windows\System32\oemlogo.bmp" 'specify the path to the icon please change to your valid path

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objDesktop = objShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
Set objLink = objShell.CreateShortcut(objDesktop & "\Phone List.lnk") 'change here To your shortcut name


objLink.Description = "Dallas-Fort Worth Phone List" 'replaec with your description
objLink.IconLocation = strIconPath
objLink.TargetPath = strAppPath
objLink.WindowStyle = 3
objLink.WorkingDirectory = strWorkDir
objLink.Save


After saving as a .vbs file, I put it inside a zip archive to be able to send through email.

 

[TonHu]

Writing a short step-through for the actual user would have helped him/her more than this, probably blocked by security-tools, silly and simple script

 

[Kumorigoe]

If it's more complicated than a double-click, my users get confused and then I end up going to each and every desk to manually do it.

 

[JPJeffery]

Are you running an Active Directory environment? If so, a Group Policy would get this done much easier...no scripting required (or you could have the script run as a Logon script)

JJ
[small][purple]Variables won't. Constants aren't[/purple]
There is no apostrophe in the plural of PC (or PST, or CPU, or HDD, or FDD, or photo, or breakfast...and so on)[/small]