LKBEN11521: You need to create a shortcut in the startmenu with powershell
Symptom
A shortcut or link (= lnk) is needed in the startmenu
Cause
Used to customize the menu
Solution
The following script can be used to create a shortcut in the startmenu.
##Create a shortcut in the startmenu
$ViewerStartmenue = "c:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Viewer"
if(!(Test-Path $ViewerStartmenue -PathType Container))
{
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $ViewerStartmenue
$TargetFile = "C:\program files\Viewer\client.exe"
$ShortcutFile = "c:\programData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Viewer\viewer.lnk"
$WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile)
$Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetFile
$Shortcut.Save()
}
Have fun.
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Author:
- Keskon GmbH & Co. KGWim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 21/09/2021 | Comment: