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Change Shortcut Icon to another(any) standard Windows icon while creating shortcut via script

Asked by chipw93 in VB Script

Tags: VbScript

I have the following vbs script running as a logon script.  But everytime it runs, When the shortcut is created, it is created with the symbol of no icon.  How can I direct the icon location to an actual windows system icon file.   When I open up a file via properties, and browse for a new icon, it directs me to look in shell32.dll, but I can't find a way to get to all of those icons shown in that window.   I don't want to use the default "bowser" icon that is chosen for web based shortcuts

Thanks



set objShell = Wscript.Createobject("Wscript.Shell")
strDesktopFld = objShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
Set objURLShortcut = objShell.createShortcut(strDesktopFld & "\Install-CoM-Applications.lnk")
'Name for Shortcut to add
objURLShortcut.Targetpath = "http://localhost:9595/webportal/webportal.exe"
'Path to icon
objURLShortcut.IconLocation = "C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\images\thanks8.png"
'Path for Shortcut
objURLShortcut.Save 
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I have the following vbs script running as a logon script.  But everytime it runs, When the shortcut is created, it is created with the symbol of no icon.  How can I direct the icon location to an actual windows system icon file.   When I open up a file via properties, and browse for a new icon, it directs me to look in shell32.dll, but I can't find a way to get to all of those icons shown in that window.
 
Thanks
 
 
 
set objShell = Wscript.Createobject("Wscript.Shell")
strDesktopFld = objShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
Set objURLShortcut = objShell.createShortcut(strDesktopFld & "\Install-CoM-Applications.lnk")
'Name for Shortcut to add
objURLShortcut.Targetpath = "http://localhost:9595/webportal/webportal.exe"
'Path to icon
objURLShortcut.IconLocation = "C:\WINDOWS\system32\oobe\images\thanks8.png"
'Path for Shortcut
objURLShortcut.Save
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