CODEWITHSUNDEEP
batch-filecmd
Enes
Enes

Reputation: 283

How to create a shortcut by using windows command line

How can I create a shortcut for a folder by using windows command line

Upvotes: 4

Views: 12751

Answers (2)

Hackoo
Hackoo

Reputation: 18827

Give a try for this example to run it with administrator privileges :

@echo off
cls & color 0A & echo.
Mode con cols=60 lines=5
Title Create a shortcut by using windows command line
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:: Automatically check & get admin rights
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CLS
Echo.
Echo.
ECHO           **************************************
ECHO            Running Admin shell... Please wait...
ECHO           **************************************

:checkPrivileges
NET FILE 1>NUL 2>NUL
if '%errorlevel%' == '0' ( goto gotPrivileges ) else ( goto getPrivileges )

:getPrivileges
if '%1'=='ELEV' (echo ELEV & shift /1 & goto gotPrivileges)
Echo.
ECHO.
ECHO           **************************************
ECHO            Invoking UAC for Privilege Escalation
ECHO           **************************************

setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set "batchPath=%~0"
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
(
ECHO Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^)
ECHO args = "ELEV "
ECHO For Each strArg in WScript.Arguments
ECHO args = args ^& strArg ^& " "
ECHO Next
ECHO UAC.ShellExecute "!batchPath!", args, "", "runas", 1 
)> "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs"
"%SystemRoot%\System32\WScript.exe" "%temp%\OEgetPrivileges.vbs" %*
exit /B

:gotPrivileges
if '%1'=='ELEV' shift /1
setlocal & pushd .
cd /d "%~dp0"
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::START
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cls
mklink /d sysfolder "%windir%\system32\"
Pause

Upvotes: 0

Jenia Dysin
Jenia Dysin

Reputation: 11

just use:

mklink <saveShortcutAs> <targetOfShortcut>

and you can find more options here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753194.aspx

Upvotes: 1

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