make-DesktopShortCut

1.1

Make-DesktopShortCut.ps1


<#PSScriptInfo
 
.VERSION 1.1
 
.GUID de6b9531-85d9-4717-b169-e015ac4a5e8f
 
.AUTHOR Kalichuza
 
.COMPANYNAME
 
.COPYRIGHT
 
.TAGS
 
.LICENSEURI
 
.PROJECTURI
 
.ICONURI
 
.EXTERNALMODULEDEPENDENCIES
 
.REQUIREDSCRIPTS
 
.EXTERNALSCRIPTDEPENDENCIES
 
.RELEASENOTES
 
 
.PRIVATEDATA
 
#>

<#
 
.DESCRIPTION
 Creates desktop Icon for the logged on user
 
.EXAMPLE
New-DesktopShortCut -LinkPath "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe" -LinkName "Notepad" -IconPath "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.ico"
 
#> 

param (
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [string]$LinkPath,
    
    [Parameter(Mandatory)]
    [string]$LinkName,

    [Parameter()]
    [string]$IconPath,

    [Parameter()]
    [switch]$IsUrl
)

function New-DesktopShortCut {
    param (
        [string]$LinkPath,
        [string]$LinkName,
        [string]$IconPath,
        [switch]$IsUrl
    )

    $DesktopPath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine([System.Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop'), "$LinkName.lnk")
    $WshShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
    $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut($DesktopPath)
    
    if ($IsUrl) {
        $Shortcut.TargetPath = $LinkPath
        if ($IconPath) {
            $Shortcut.IconLocation = $IconPath
        }
    } else {
        $Shortcut.TargetPath = $LinkPath
        if ($IconPath) {
            $Shortcut.IconLocation = $IconPath
        }
    }

    $Shortcut.Save()
}

# Call the function with the provided parameters
New-DesktopShortCut -LinkPath $LinkPath -LinkName $LinkName -IconPath $IconPath -IsUrl:$IsUrl