[python-win32] Problem creating a shortcut

[Mike Driscoll]

Roger,
> <div class="moz-text-flowed" style="font-family: -moz-fixed">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\ 
>> <http://www.myCompanyWebsite.com%5C>auth\preauth.php'
>> shortcut.WorkingDirectory = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla
>> Firefox'
>> shortcut.save()
>>
>> </code>
>>
>> This creates the following target path (which doesn't work for 
>> obvious reasons) in the shortcut's Target Path. The extra "C:\" is 
>> getting in there somehow...
>>
>> "C:\"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https:
>> \www.myCompanyWebsite.com\ 
>> <http://www.myCompanyWebsite.com%5C>auth\preauth.php"
>>
>> If I leave the website off the TargetPath, it works. If I take the 
>> path to Firefox
>> out of the TargetPath, 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
>
> I think you need to put the URL in shortcut.Arguments rather than
> appending it to the executable path.
>
>          Roger
>
>
> </div>

Someone on c.l.py pointed this out too. I was unaware that that existed. 
It works great though. Thanks a lot!

Mike