shortcut

[mg911]

is there a way in basic - to create a shortcut to appear on the desktop -

or is there a way to create a shortcut and name it, and tell it the location

or is there a way i could just copy an icon to the desktop

1 of the 3 will be fine - i just need to know how to get a icon to the desktop

Thanks

 

[mg911]

does that work with 2000 and even NT

i know it will work with 95/98

because there is the directory C:\windows\desktop
but with 2000/NT there is c:\doc&setting\admin\desktop

or is there a way to make it universal

thank you for you help

it has been VERY helpful

 

[Alt255]

Hmmm.... [tt]SHGetSpecialFolderLocation[/tt] works with 9x and NT. Should work with 2000 (haven't tried it). You might be able to use the following code and retrieve the location of the DeskTop folder with:[tt] GetSpecialfolder(0)[/tt].

Private Type SHITEMID
    cb As Long
    abID As Byte
End Type
Private Type ITEMIDLIST
    mkid As SHITEMID
End Type
Private Declare Function SHGetSpecialFolderLocation _
    Lib "shell32.dll" _
    (ByVal hwndOwner As Long, _
    ByVal nFolder As Long, _
    pidl As ITEMIDLIST) As Long
Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList _
    Lib "shell32.dll" _
    Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, _
    ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
    
Private Function GetSpecialfolder(CSIDL As Long) As String
    Dim r As Long
    Dim IDL As ITEMIDLIST
    r = SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(100, CSIDL, IDL)
    If r = NOERROR Then
        Path$ = Space$(512)
        r = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal IDL.mkid.cb, _ 
           ByVal Path$)
        GetSpecialfolder = Left$(Path, _ 
           InStr(Path, Chr$(0)) - 1)
        Exit Function
    End If
    GetSpecialfolder = ""
End Function

Unfortunately, I know of no convenient way to do this from a batch file or the earlier versions of BASIC.

You are planning to code this in VB... yes?

 

[mg911]

well either VB or Basic -
i thought basic would be the easiest of the two -

but i have been know to be incorrect -
if it is possible to do it in basic that would be nice but this is not a perfect world -

thanks again for the help