cFileName = "\\baker\apps\QuestPDMHangers\CheckHanger.bat" cLinkName = "CheckHanger002.LNK" cDestination = "C:\Documents and Settings\lewisn\Desktop" oShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell') olink = oShell.CreateShortcut(cDestination +"\"+ cLinkName) oLink.TargetPath = cfilename oLink.Arguments = "00001" oLink.Save()The problem is cDestination assumes the windows OS path is C:\Documents and Folders. IS there a global way of sending files to the desktop. i.e. \\