Create Desktop Shortcut - Change Icon
Hi All,
I am using code which I got from this forum by Justin Labenne - code below my query.
In the description from the link I used it states:
'Uses an Icon file for a shortcut in place of the standard "Workbook" icon. The example provided contains an Excel file, and an .ico (icon) file'
Works excellent however I want it to show as Workbook Icon on Desktop.
Can anyone tell me what I need to change in the code to get that or is there some other code that I can use.
[vba]Option Explicit
Sub CreateDesktopShortcut()
' Msgbox string variables
Dim szMsg As String
Dim szStyle As String
Dim szTitle As String
szMsg = "You need only do this once" _
& vbNewLine & "" _
& vbNewLine & "or if the shortcut is missing in the future"
szStyle = 0
szTitle = "Take Note!"
MsgBox szMsg, szStyle, szTitle
' Change here for the icon's name
Const szIconName As String = "\Gpao.ico"
' Constant string values, you can replace "Desktop"
' with any Special Folders name to create the shortcut there
Const szlocation As String = "Desktop"
Const szLinkExt As String = ".lnk"
' Object variables
Dim oWsh As Object
Dim oShortcut As Object
' String variables
Dim szSep As String
Dim szBookName As String
Dim szBookFullName As String
Dim szPath As String
Dim szDesktopPath As String
Dim szShortcut As String
' Initialize variables
szSep = Application.PathSeparator
szBookName = szSep & ThisWorkbook.Name
szBookFullName = ThisWorkbook.FullName
szPath = ThisWorkbook.Path
On Error GoTo ErrHandle
' The WScript.Shell object provides functions to read system
' information and environment variables, work with the registry
' and manage shortcuts
Set oWsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
szDesktopPath = oWsh.SpecialFolders(szlocation)
' Get the path where the shortcut will be located
szShortcut = szDesktopPath & szBookName & szLinkExt
' Make it happen
Set oShortcut = oWsh.CreateShortcut(szShortcut)
' Link it to this file
With oShortcut
.TargetPath = szBookFullName
.IconLocation = szPath & szIconName
.Save
End With
' Explicitly clear memory
Set oWsh = Nothing
Set oShortcut = Nothing
' Let the user know it was created ok
szMsg = "Shortcut was created successfully" _
& vbNewLine & "" _
& vbNewLine & " This file will now close" _
& vbNewLine & "" _
& vbNewLine & "The Desktop will then show, so you can check it works"
szStyle = 0
szTitle = "Success!"
MsgBox szMsg, szStyle, szTitle
CreateObject("shell.application").minimizeall
ThisWorkbook.Close Savechanges:=True
Exit Sub
' or if it wasn't
ErrHandle:
szMsg = "Shortcut could not be created"
szStyle = 48
szTitle = "Error!"
MsgBox szMsg, szStyle, szTitle
End Sub
[/vba]
Thanks
Craig
