Vista - Desktop shortcuts

This is probably the wrong place to ask this, but it's the best place
I know of... If there's one better, please tell me.

I have a command script ( .cmd ) where I'm trying to COPY a shortcut.
It seems that I can copy the shortcut, when I do so
manually/interactively. Copy & Paste works just fine. But my script?
Nope. And I can't test for its existence either. Like, if it's
already there, don't try to copy it.

Shouldn't I be able to copy it with a script? Do I have to use a
vbscript instead of a command script?

I know that I can CREATE a shortcut, but I don't want to. It's
looking like I may HAVE to, unless I can find the anwer to my copying
it.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance,

Tom

If I were to create a shortcut for cmd.exe, how would I modify its
properties? Such as text & background color, etc.

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:43:53 -0400, Tcs <someone@xxxxxx> wrote:

"Tcs" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:l1nor4117ddi0gn1hbb12veg7kr9upob8b@xxxxxxAre you adding the '.lnk' or '.url' hidden extension to your copy command?
The below command works just fine on my XP SP2 computer:

copy %SystemRoot%\system32\notepad.exe c:\

"Tcs" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:l1nor4117ddi0gn1hbb12veg7kr9upob8b@xxxxxxCan you make your cmd file copy it to C:\Documents and Settings\Default
User\Desktop or whatever user's desktop you are interested in?

-Paul Randall

"Tcs" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:l1nor4117ddi0gn1hbb12veg7kr9upob8b@xxxxxxYou write many lines about what you're trying to do and that you cannot do
it but you never post the two most important things:
a) Your script, and
b) The error message(s) you see.

If you want a good response then you MUST post these items.

"Tcs" <someone@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:e3qor49dbbghvl1gr6snku3dl6bsjbc35f@xxxxxxcopy "C:\documents and settings\username\existing link name.lnk"
"C:\documents and settings\username\new link name.lnk"

(all on one line)

works happily for me. Perhaps being a little more forthcoming with what you
are doing may elicit a better response.

Oh - better groups? Well, you could try microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.
Naturally, it's not a well-frequented group, perhaps because "cmdprompt" is
a ridiculous name that only Microsoft uses. Perhaps it's because win2000
isn't "current" but they haven't established similar groups for later
products - presumably because all they want to support is point, click and
giggle.

Personally, I believe that it's the "microsoft" part that puts people off.

But better than that, and to save you being redirected from there, perhaps
you could just try going to alt.msdos.batch.nt (or alt.msdos.batch if the
....nt group isn't carried by your ns.)

As for setting up your shortcut, right-click, select properties, and use the
various tabs. "Colors" for instance lets you set up the screen colours. I
use yellow on black. I set the font to "Lucida Console" 18-point using the
"Font" tab, and on the "Options" tab, I select "Window" and untick Quickedit
and Insert mode. Your selections will depend on the way you wish to operate,
of course.

"billious" <billious_1954@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:49bd0bd4$0$5622$5a62ac22@xxxxxx-qv1-newsreader-01.iinet.net.au...Correction, it's not "microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt", but
"microsoft.public.win2000.cmdprompt.admin".
Also because we tend to answer batch questions here where they are off-topic
;-)
I remember this being discussed at length some time ago. At that time a
whole bunch of newsgroup names were suggested, based partly on the o/s used
(ranging from pre-windows DOS versions, through 95, 98, 4DOS, XP, and etc).
IIRC there was no clear improvement that was likely to draw those needing
the info to the correct newsgroup so no changes were made.

/Al

"Al Dunbar" <alandrub@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eVbxaFZpJHA.1172@xxxxxxWhat about
microsoft.public.DosOrWin.AllVersions.BatchOrCmdPrompt

Maybe that would be too obvious or violate some newsgroup or company rule.

-Paul Randall

"Paul Randall" <paulr90@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uWwBo$ZpJHA.5880@xxxxxxCertainly.

Microsoft flunkies are taught to parrot "there is no DOS."

Add '.lnk', eh? Hmmm... I didn't know that there WAS an extension. I
mean, I guess I SHOULD have known, but I always set my view to SHOW
file extensions, and shortcuts never do. Perhaps this is all that I'm
missing.

Thanks!

On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:59:22 -0500, "James Whitlow"
<jwhitlow.60372693@xxxxxx> wrote: