creating a shortcut for a exe from a batch file

Question

how to create a shortcut for a exe from a batch file.

i tried

call link.bat \"c:\\program Files\\App1\\program1.exe\" \"C:\\Documents and Settings\\         


        

Answer 1

Alternative method, using a third party utility:

Creating a Shortcut from the command line (batch file)

XXMKLINK:

With XXMKLINK, you can write a batch file for software installation which has been done by specialized installation programs. Basically, XXMKLINK is a tool that gathers various information from a command line and packages it into a shortcut.

xxmklink spath opath 

where 

  spath     path of the shortcut (.lnk added as needed)
  opath     path of the object represented by the shortcut