Problem creating a shorcut

[Larry Bates]

Mike Driscoll wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've had this niggling issue from time to time. I want to create a
> shortcut on the user's desktop to a website that specifically loads
> Firefox even if Firefox is not the default browser.
> 
> I usually use COM as it allows very specific settings of the shortcut,
> such as the Working Directory and the Target Path. However, the
> following will not work for some reason:
> 
> <code>
> 
> import win32com.client
> import winshell
> 
> shell = win32com.client.Dispatch('WScript.Shell')
> userDesktop = winshell.desktop()
> 
> shortcut = shell.CreateShortCut(userDesktop + '\\MyShortcut.lnk')
> shortcut.Targetpath = r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
> https:\www.myCompanyWebsite.com\auth\preauth.php'
> shortcut.WorkingDirectory = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla
> Firefox'
> shortcut.save()
> 
> </code>
> 
> This creates the following target path (which doesn't work):
> 
> "C:\"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https:
> \www.myCompanyWebsite.com\auth\preauth.php"
> 
> If I leave the website off, it works. If I leave the path to Firefox
> out, it works too. Is there another method I can use other than
> creating the shortcut by hand and using the shutil module?
> 
> Thank you for any ideas.
> 
> Mike

Either you copied wrong or the problem is:

"C:\"C:\Program Files...


Note the C:\ is specified twice in the string.  I think it should read:

 > "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https:
 > \www.myCompanyWebsite.com\auth\preauth.php"

-Larry