How to create a shortcut on the desktop with PowerShell

Question

I have been referring to answer number three of this post to write my PowerShell script, but it doesn't appear to be working.

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$linkPath        = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")) "My shortcut.lnk"
$targetPath      = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath("MyDocuments")) "...\run.exe"
$link            = (New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell).CreateShortcut($linkPath)
$link.TargetPath = $targetPath

## Added after grawity's post
$link.Save()

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It only prints out the code in the output pane but never seems to fully execute; no shortcut shows up on the desktop.

Answer 1

You need to call the Save method of the shortcut object to actually store the shortcut as a file.

$link.Save()

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See also:

• All code examples in the question you are referring to
• KB 244677 How to create a desktop shortcut with the Windows Script Host
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Scripting Guide. Working with Shortcuts