Shell Links - Shortcuts

[solo7]

I've posted before on this subject. Using the replies I received I researched and experimented, but ...

I cannot seem to be able to create a Shortcut (as an installation option) using VB6. The MS web site gives explicit instructions on what should be a simple API function, but this function 'fCreateShellLink' is credited to be in VB4 and VB5. Am I missing something simple or has this function been 'enhanced','improved','renamed' in VB6??

Steady ... %-)

 

[AndyGroom]

I had a similar problem where I couldn't create a shortcut in VB as part of an installation routine which I wrote. In the end I had to write the code to call fCreateShellLink in VC and compile it into a DLL which I could then call from VB. Ridiculous!

Anyway, rather than banging your head against a brick wall, that was the only way I could find to make it work. Giev up trying to use VB for this one.

- Andy.

 

[Alt255]

This will work in most situations:

http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/shell/shshortcutcheat.htm

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