Misc/New-DesktopShortcut.ps1

function New-DesktopShortcut {
    Param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$Name, 
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string]$TargetPath, 
        [string]$WorkingDirectory = "", 
        [string]$IconLocation = "", 
        [string]$Arguments = "",
        [ValidateSet('None','Desktop','StartMenu')]
        [string]$shortcuts = "Desktop",
        [switch]$RunAsAdministrator = $true
    )
    if ($shortcuts -ne "None") {
        
        if ($shortcuts -eq "Desktop") {
            $folder = [Environment]::GetFolderPath($shortcuts)
        } else {
            $folder = Join-Path ([Environment]::GetFolderPath($shortcuts)) "NavContainerHelper"
            if (!(Test-Path $folder -PathType Container)) {
                New-Item $folder -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
            }
        }

        $filename = Join-Path $folder "$Name.lnk"
        if (Test-Path -Path $filename) {
            Remove-Item $filename -force
        }
    
        $Shell =  New-object -comobject WScript.Shell
        $Shortcut = $Shell.CreateShortcut($filename)
        $Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetPath
        if (!$WorkingDirectory) {
            $WorkingDirectory = Split-Path $TargetPath
        }
        $Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = $WorkingDirectory
        if ($Arguments) {
            $Shortcut.Arguments = $Arguments
        }
        if ($IconLocation) {
            $Shortcut.IconLocation = $IconLocation
        }
        $Shortcut.save()
        if ($RunAsAdministrator) {
            $bytes = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes($filename)
            $bytes[0x15] = $bytes[0x15] -bor 0x20 #set byte 21 (0x15) bit 6 (0x20) ON
            [System.IO.File]::WriteAllBytes($filename, $bytes)
        }
    }
}
Export-ModuleMember New-DesktopShortcut