>>>>You can use my lnkfiles.dll to do this, but you can also use the Windows Script Host (WSH). Here's a sample.
>>>>* lcfile is the file the link will point to
>>>>* lcname is the name of the shortcut to appear on the desktop
>>>>* with the lnk extension
>>>>oShell = CREATEOBJECT('WScript.Shell')
>>>>lcdesktop = oShell.SpecialFolders('Desktop')
>>>>oLink = oShell.CreateShortcut(lcdesktop + "\" + lcname)
>>>>oLink.TargetPath = lcfile
>>>>oLink.Save
>>>
>>>Hi George - I may give up as "futile" my idea of using a drag/drop shortcut icon in an email for a desktop link. This looks like the next-best idea - do you (or anyone else) know if it's possible to run something like this in a setup post-executable, where it picks up the path of any server?
>>
>>Yep - piece of cake. If the post-setup executable is located in the network directory, you can pick up the directory with SYS(16,0).
>
>So far, so good - do you know how to set the "Start In" link path? I tried a few ideas, but only have OLE errors so far...something like:
>
>oLink.StartPath = cPath?
oLink.WorkingDirectory