the desktop dir shuold be

?GETENV("USERPROFILE")+"\Desktop\"

to create a shortcut try this:

oshell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
lnk = oshell.CreateShortcut("foo.lnk")
lnk.TargetPath = "c:\dummy.exe"
lnk.Save

HTH
Franco

>Does any one know how to create a windows shortcut programatically?
>
>And along with that determine the Desktop folder to save it into?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Bob