I use vb.net 2005 . I need to create a short cut for a folder. For example
I need create shortcut for "C:SourceFolder "in "D: DistenFolder" and also find
How many Shortcuts are present in this folder?
how i can write a program to create a shortcut in the startup folder of a different program. So i have one program on my computer that should run at startup, i just need another program to create a shortcut to it, and then copy this shortcut into the startup folder.
View 20 RepliesHow do i make my program appear in the startmenu? My idea was to have the program create a shortcut and copy it to the startmenu folder, but how do i have it create a shortcut of it's self?
View 1 RepliesI had the following error occurred when i want to create shortcut and copy to startup folder. [Code] I don't understand the error message box.
View 7 RepliesI have a Quick Launch Toolbar linked to a folder of shortcuts.In this folder I link other folders and applications that I use commonly.I'm trying to use WSH to create a shortcut to a folder in my Quick Launch toolbar, but the shortcut isn't being created correctly.I suspect my problem is that, evidently, Windows has two kinds of shortcuts to folders.Using Explorer,I navigate to my Quick Launch folder, and choose the File | New | Shortcut, supplying the name of another folder as a target, it creates the shortcut.Using Explorer, looking at the shortcut in the details panel, Win says the shortcut is of type "Shortcut". Looking at its properties, the type is also Shortcut, and looking at the Shortcut tab, the Target Type is "Folder" and the Target location is the path I supplied. Now create the shortcut another way.Locate the folder in Explorer, and right-click-drag it to the same Quick Launch folder, choosing to Create a Shortcut.Now, Explorer thinks the shortcut is of type "Folder" and looking at it's properties, the Type is Folder (Target Type isn't shown) and the Target does point to the real location.There isn't a Shortcut tab now either.Both are definitely shortcuts to the same folder (I've double-checked), but they work differently in Quick Launch.If you pull up the Quick Launch toolbar and hover over the second shorcut, Windows pops out a sub-menu that contains the folder's contents. However, there is no such functionality using the first shortcut, you would have to choose Explore from the right-click menu to view it's contents.
(Below, the "Work" dir is my Quick Launch toolbar's folder)Using WSH, I can create a shortcut that doesn't autoexpand as follows: Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")[code].....
I created a setup project and tried to create a shortcut for it in "User's desktop" but never work. When I click the shortcut I created, it always open Desktop screen instead of open exe file.How to create shortcut for program?
View 4 RepliesI would like to create a simply shortcut to a specified program. All of the codes I've tried use the WshRunTime library and it seem to throw an exception every time.
View 3 RepliesIm trying to create a program that will be using a shortcut key in displaying a form. But im having problems on how to know if the cursor is on the textbox or datagrid.For example, If I clicked the textbox, and i clicked f1, Customer List Form should appear. No problem with this. I used the following
If txtCustomerName.Focused = True Then
If e.KeyData = Keys.F1 Then
Form9.ShowDialog()
End If
End If
But when I Clicked the cell on the datagrid, and click F1, Product List Form should appear. This is my problem, the form is not appearing when i click f1.Here is my
If dgvSalesEntry.Focused = True Then
If e.KeyData = Keys.F1 Then
Form8.ShowDialog()
End If
End If
I'm trying to create a shortcut for my program that sends the user to the world map of a website with the press of a button, but it isn't working. Here's my code:
Private Sub Game_KeyDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Game.KeyDown
If e.KeyCode = Keys.M Then
Game.Navigate("http:fallensword.com/index.php?cmd=world")
End If
End Sub
"Game" is a WebBrowser control.
Can I add a shortcut to a folder to the taskbar? If so, what are the codes to do it?
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How would I create a shortcut of my exe file when its run, I can work out the directories and stuff but how would I actually create the program that it starts when windows boots?
I have done quite a few google searches and have found nothing to interesting or useful but I did find out that there is two main ways of doing this registry or startup folder and im more pulled into the startup folder because I dont think that I yet know enough about controlling the registry to be confident of using code like that, so I fall to my other alternative using the startup folder to trigger my program, I read somewhere that this doessn not work for vista but im not sure of that. What I would like to as is how you actually create a shortcut as I cant really understand VB6 Code very well its all I could find.
I have a program here that gets a list of directories from drive, and it works fine, but keeps listing the directories that are actually shortcuts/ junctions. For instance,[code]Will list all the directories(and files as well with .GetFiles) in 'c:\Users\All Users\', even tho 'All Users' is just a shortcut. This can lead to some problems, like 'c:\Users\All Users\Application Data\' lists all the files/folders in "All Users" including "Application Data", so it'll just keep recursing itself until it quits with an error. I can hard code it, and ignore that specific folder, but theres a few other shortcut folders that exist as well..So is there any way to detect and ignore those "directories"?
View 4 RepliesI have an app that requires the user to select a folder, the app runs up/down that folder tree to read/write various files. All that works fine. To select the folder, I support three methods, a FolderBrowserDialog, drag/drop and also a text mechanism where the path can be typed/pasted into a textbox.The issue I have is handling folder shortcuts. Pasting the path is fine and drag/drop is fine because I can sort out what the incoming object is in code. But for folder/shortcut selection by dialog, I've ended up with two buttons, one being the FolderBrowserDialog for folders and the second an OpenFileDialog for shortcuts (set to display only .lnk files).From a users perspective, I think this is quite poor, it also 'looks' plain odd. It forces the user to check what type of folder object they want to use before they can select it. How can I permit folder OR shortcut selection with the same dialog? It seems that my only option is to build my own dialog, which could actually be quite involved, since I would need to replicate the File/Folder dialogs.
View 2 Repliesi want the program to run on startup using the startup folder, NOT the registry.i cannot find anything on the startup folder.whenever people ask about the startup folder, all the replies are about the registry. i am beginning to think that the startup folder is some kind of government secret.
View 1 RepliesI make an application and make setup file using VS setup project. This work fine and create default text files into Program Files Folder for winodw 7/vista .but can not modify these files or create any new files.There are few text files need to create ,modify during application running ,but in windows 7/vista unable to create,modify files.I am using full default admin right for these OS. If iuse C: root path then application work fine or for win XP no problem.I think UAC restricting to perform these opeartion. But i do not know how to change these restriction using vb.net, whenever application start.
View 5 RepliesI make an application and make setup file using VS setup project. This work fine and create default text files into Program Files Folder for winodw 7/vista .but can not modify these files or create any new files.
There are few text files need to create ,modify during application running ,but in windows 7/vista unable to create,modify files.I am using full default admin right for these OS. If iuse C: root path then application work fine or for win XP no problem.I think UAC restricting to perform these opeartion. But i do not know how to change these restriction using vb.net, whenever application start.
I found one solution that , if change user rights manually then this problem solved.Follow these step to change your account settings.Control Panel-->User Accounts and Family Safety-->User Accounts-->Change User Account Control settings-->Never notify(Set tab to never notify).After this change need to restart system.Now can make all changes like windows XP into Windows 7.can also make changes into program files.
Its working fine, but need to make these changes manually in OS.but its not efficent solution. So if any one knows how can make these changes by coding that will nice.
I wanted to give my user an option for "Start with Windows". When user check this option it will place a shortcut icon into Startup folder (not in registry). On Windows restart, it will load my app automatically.
View 1 RepliesI'm in the process of trying to create a class that will allow me to create windows shortcut; Im using the following PDF file that gives me the shortcut file structure.
Ive been able to successfully load a shortcut file and parse its Lnk File Structure but now Im on the Shell Item ID List structure but I cannot find the Structure of the ITEMIDLIST anywhere
Furthermore I know I could use the Windows script object, but this is a dependency Im trying to avoid if I can, hence writing my own Shortcut class.
when I publish my app and run the setiup it places the shortcut under a folder in the start menu called Microsoft
View 1 RepliesIs it possible to build a program through VB that creates a folder in program files folder and behaves like any other usual program?If not, though witch program can i make this?
View 6 Repliesi wamt to create a shorcut with IWshRuntimeLibrary
i be sucssed on create a shortcut but i want to dedicate icon of target file to shortcut.
how can i dedicted the target icon to my shortcut
method is "IconLocation"
I just have a question about creating a shortcut to my programs path. The problem I have is the program has to run from a Mapped drive.
Example of how the shortcut should look.
Target: R:appapp9app9Filesmyapp.exe @app.ini
Start in: R:appapp9app9Files
So here is the question if the mapped drive path is different every time depending on how the user maps the share how can I tell VB to find the path to myapp.exe ?
I am developing a project in which on clicking on create button A shortcut to disable Firewall in Windows 7 will be created on desktop. The command is netsh firewall set opmode enable We can though simply create a shortcut through desktop > right clcik > new > shortcut > netsh firewall set opmode enable > finish But I want to create it when user want on desktop any ideas how to do iy.
View 2 Repliesi want to ask how to create shortcut ?
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I am trying to create a desktop shortcut from vb.net code on a Windows 7 box (64 bit). The following code works on XP, but when run on Win7 I just get a message stating the App has stopped working:
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On form load how would i create a shortcut of my .exe (application) and place it in c:my shortcut ?
View 14 RepliesI have been trying to work on a utility that creates an Internet shortcut to the URL the user specifies and places the shortcut in the location the user specifies.
I found C++ code (which has syntac errors, apparently, so I can't convert it.), VB6 code (which also had a problem being converted), and VBS code (which is pretty much incompatible with everything).
I am trying to create a 'Desk Top' Short Cut, for a Web Browser I created with Visual Basic 6. I will put it onto my website, so the public can download it (the Web Browser).*It will be an exe (Executable File).My short cut ( on the desk top) will*be a picture*ICON .ico file, which is a logo I created.I imagine it will be*stored*in the C Drive of most computers, in the Program Files. PATH: C:Program ilesHomeChannelTVHomeChannelTV.exe *I've tried to learn from many forums. The code I have created is below. I'm getting 1 error.
MyShortcut = CType(WshShell.CreateShortcut(DesktopFolder & ".lnk"), IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut)
MyShortcut.TargetPath = Application.StartupPath & "C:Program
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I have been asked to create a web application which would allow users to login to the system using a shortcut from the desktop. The short cut has to be user specific.
View 10 RepliesHow to create a shortcut of application (C:MyApp.exe) to desktop with icon?
EDIT: I've find the solution..
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