I have this code and it's giving troubles:
Imports IWshRuntimeLibrary
Imports Shell32
Public Sub CreateShortcutInStartUp(ByVal Descrip As String)
Dim WshShell As WshShell = New WshShell()
Dim ShortcutPath As String = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup)
Dim Shortcut As IWshShortcut = CType(WshShell.CreateShortcut(ShortcutPath &
Application.ProductName & ".lnk"), IWshShortcut)
Shortcut.TargetPath = Application.ExecutablePath
Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = Application.StartupPath
Shortcut.Descripcion = Descrip
Shortcut.Save()
End Sub
According to what I have read, this is how you create a shortcut in Startup. But, no matter how much I call this Sub, shortcut does not show up. I ALREADY look up to a lot of similar questions around S.O and various other sites.
I even tried to create the shortcut from other application and still doesn't show up as expected.
What am I missing?
You have two errors in your code:
1) The path isn't being concatenated properly so change this:
Dim Shortcut As IWshShortcut = CType(WshShell.CreateShortcut(ShortcutPath & Application.ProductName & ".lnk"), IWshShortcut)
to this:
Dim Shortcut As IWshShortcut = CType(WshShell.CreateShortcut(System.IO.Path.Combine(ShortcutPath, Application.ProductName) & ".lnk"), IWshShortcut)
2) You spelled Description wrong so change:
Shortcut.Descripcion = Descrip
to this:
Shortcut.Description = Descrip
Here is the fixed subroutine:
Public Sub CreateShortcutInStartUp(ByVal Descrip As String)
Dim WshShell As WshShell = New WshShell()
Dim ShortcutPath As String = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Startup)
Dim Shortcut As IWshShortcut = CType(WshShell.CreateShortcut(System.IO.Path.Combine(ShortcutPath, Application.ProductName) & ".lnk"), IWshShortcut)
Shortcut.TargetPath = Application.ExecutablePath
Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = Application.StartupPath
Shortcut.Description = Descrip
Shortcut.Save()
End Sub