New-Shortcut.ps1
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function New-Shortcut { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateScript({ if( -not ($_ | Test-Path)) { throw "File or folder does not exist" } return $true })][String]$Target, [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateScript({ if( -not ($_ | Test-Path -IsValid)) { throw "$_ - is not a valid path" } if(( -not ($_ -match "[.lnk]")) -or (-not ($_ -match "[.url]" ))) { throw "$_ must be a lnk or url file" } return $true })][String]$ShortcutFile ) begin { Write-Verbose -Message "Creating WScript.Shell ComObject" $WScriptShell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell } process { Write-Verbose -Message "Creating Shortcut File" $Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile) Write-Verbose -Message "Setting TargetPath on Shortcut File" $Shortcut.TargetPath = $Target Write-Verbose -Message "Saving Completed Shortcut File" $Shortcut.Save() } } |