16 replies to this topic

[SKAN]

I am unable to create a FileShortcut for Console!

FileCreateShortcut, cmd.exe, con.lnk
If errorlevel
   MsgBox, Error

Can anbody help?!

Just for fun .. :wink:

Regards,

[majkinetor]

FileCreateShortcut, cmd.exe, %A_Desktop%\My Shortcut.lnk

[SKAN]

FileCreateShortcut, cmd.exe, %A_Desktop%\My Shortcut.lnk

er... It does not work!

FileCreateShortcut, cmd.exe, %A_Desktop%\con.lnk
If errorlevel
   MsgBox, Error

[toralf]

Please test

FileCreateShortcut, %comspec%, con.lnk

[SKAN]

Dear toralf,

FileCreateShortcut, %comspec%, con.lnk

No! It does not work! .. and I have sent you a Private Message .. Please check it.

Regards,

[PhiLho]

FileCreateShortcut, cmd.exe, %A_Desktop%\con.lnk

If errorlevel

   MsgBox, Error

worked for me, on WinXP Pro SP2. You have Win2k, right?

[SKAN]

worked for me, on WinXP Pro SP2. You have Win2k, right?

Really! :shock: .. allow me time .. I will check it!

Regards,

[SKAN]

FileCreateShortcut, cmd.exe, %A_Desktop%\con.lnk 
If errorlevel 
   MsgBox, Error

I confirm .. the above code does not work in Win XP Pro & Win 2000.
Anybody using Win 98 SE? Can you check this out?

Regards,

[polyethene]

Can you get FileCreateShortcut to work with other files and executables? Try:

FileCreateShortcut, %ComSpec%, %A_Temp%\cmd.lnk

I know you wanted shortcuts but you can use batch files and internet shortcuts too:

FileAppend, start %ComSpec%, %A_Temp%\cmd.bat
IniWrite, %ComSpec%, %A_Temp%\cmd.url, InternetShortcut, URL

[SKAN]

This works!

FileCreateShortcut, %ComSpec%, %A_Temp%\cmd.lnk
If errorlevel
   MsgBox, Error

This does not work for me!

FileCreateShortcut, %ComSpec%, %A_Temp%\con.lnk
If errorlevel
   MsgBox, Error

Regards,

[majkinetor]

Ok, this works

just copy paste

FileCreateShortcut, %ComSpec%, con .lnk
If errorlevel 
   MsgBox, Error

[PhiLho]

Oh, actually, when I tested, I renamed the target file to cmd.lnk...
The problem is that con, like prn, com and perhaps some other, are Dos-reserved words for peripherals: console, printer, serial communication port... So you cannot create files with these names!
Type, on the command line, the command: copy C:\boot.ini con (or some other existing file)...

[majkinetor]

or some other existing file

or nonexisting...

[SKAN]

Wow! That shows your experience.

Oh, actually, when I tested, I renamed the target file to cmd.lnk

You actually gave me a fright and I had to boot into XP. :lol:

Can anbody help?!

Just for fun .. :wink:

I have already apologised ( Private Messages ) to everyone who replied .. except you! ( You will take a month to read it! )
I was thinking of mailing .. but you have already answered!

Thank you ...

Nothing of these would work:

CON PRN LPTn COMn NUL ( Did I miss something ? )

Regards,

PS: I guess this topic should go to General Chat .. as Titan suggested !

[polyethene]

The problem is that con, like prn, com and perhaps some other, are Dos-reserved words for peripherals

It would be helpful if Chris mentioned this in the somewhere in the manual or atleast set ErrorLevel to 1 when files like this are made.