C# Create shortcut

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I am trying to make an app that creates a shortcut for selected program. When the program starts, it shows all programs in listbox and you can search for the program. How to create a shortcut from selected program inside listbox and name it like selected program. I used this code but I only created a shortcut for notepad. Create shortcut on desktop C#

private void CreateShortcut()
{
    object shDesktop = (object)"Desktop";
    WshShell shell = new WshShell();
    //string shortcutAddress = (string)shell.SpecialFolders.Item(ref shDesktop) + @"\Notepad.lnk";
    string shortcutAddress = (string)shell.SpecialFolders.Item(ref shDesktop) + @"\Notepad.lnk";
    IWshShortcut shortcut = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(shortcutAddress );
    shortcut.Description = "New shortcut for a Notepad";
    shortcut.Hotkey = "Ctrl+Shift+N";
    shortcut.TargetPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.System) + @"\notepad.exe";
    shortcut.Save();
}

Also, you are probably going to need to pass some arguments to that function, else how will it know what program it's meant to be adding? — ScottishTapWater, Nov 24 '16 at 18:34
Here is my program source code: http://pastebin.com/Fy0CM0EU — Pavle, Nov 24 '16 at 18:57
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This question is really about using a form control selection as a parameter for creating a shortcut rather than how to create the shortcut itself, which is already implemented. The linked code should be edited into the question as well as a description of how it's lacking or not working. — Lance U. Matthews, Sep 27 '22 at 18:52

S. Ferrell · Answer 1 · 2022-09-27T18:00:47.990

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You can use CSharpLib. Download it here or, if you're using Visual Studio, enter Install-Package CSharpLib -Version 4.0.0 in Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console. It has a couple methods in the Shortcut class that you can use for shortcut manipulation. For example:

using CSharpLib;

Shortcut shortcut = new Shortcut();
shortcut.CreateShortcutToFile("target_file", "shortcut_file");

edited Sep 27 '22 at 18:00

answered May 15 '19 at 01:36

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 15 '17 at 21:45

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Change shortcut.TargetPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.System) + @"\notepad.exe"; to shortcut.TargetPath = YourListBox.getSelected();

EDIT: if getSelected() doesn't work, try getSelectedItem()

edited Jul 15 '17 at 21:45

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answered May 26 '17 at 13:45

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C# Create shortcut

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