Trying to change an icon for a shortcut via vbs/command line
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 |
Trying to change an icon for a shortcut via vbs/command line
Open control-panel,folder options,file types,edit.
"booker@mgt" wrote: 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 |
Trying to change an icon for a shortcut via vbs/command line
You cannot, I think, use a PNG file as an icon. You must convert "thanks8.png" to an icon
file. That should work. ju.c "Andrew E." wrote in message ... Open control-panel,folder options,file types,edit. "booker@mgt" wrote: 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 |
Trying to change an icon for a shortcut via vbs/command line
Does using an icon file (.ico) help?
-- Regards, Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User] The Winhelponline Blog: http://www.winhelponline.com/blog Windows® Troubleshooting: http://www.winhelponline.com "booker@mgt" wrote in message ... 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 |
Trying to change an icon for a shortcut via vbs/command line
"booker@mgt" wrote:
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 In 'Path for Icon' line, "C:\WINDOWS\system32\shell32.dll,0" will use the first icon in the file 'shell32.dll'. The number after the ',' is the zero-based index of the icon in any file which contains at least one icon. In the 'Change Icon' dialog, the index value of the top-left icon is '0'. 0 4 8 ... 1 5 ... 2 6 ... 3 7 ... (Your 'Path to icon' and 'Path for Shortcut' comments are transposed.) |
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