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Old 04-14-2008   #3 (permalink)
Gerd Schneider
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RE: Shortcuts w/ Favicon?

The IconIndex=1 is nonsense of course, it's a leftover from my sample file.

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Gerd


"Gerd Schneider" wrote:
Quote:

> As far as I remember .LNK files generally do not support IconLocation beeing
> specified as an URL. Internet Shortcut files (.URL) do.
>
> $isc= @'
> [InternetShortcut]
> URL=http://www.cnn.com/
> IconFile=http://www.cnn.com/favicon.ico
> IconIndex=1
> '@
> sc "$($env:userprofile)\Desktop\CNN.url" $isc
>
>
> --
> Gerd
>
>
> "Barry S." wrote:
>
Quote:

> > The shortcut works fine, but I can't seem to get it to use the
> > favorite icon.
> >
> > $wsh = new-object -com "WScript.Shell"
> > $FileName = "C:\Documents and Settings\xxx\Desktop\CNN.lnk"
> > $shortcut = $wsh.CreateShortcut($FileName)
> > $shortcut.IconLocation = "http://www.cnn.com/favicon.ico"
> > $shortcut.TargetPath = "http://www.cnn.com"
> > $shortcut.Save()
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
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