create shortcut to word file

[basincruiser]

In my code, I am setting my target path to be: 

C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe -jar C:\MyApp\MyExe.exe

I am trying to do what I believe is called 'setting a PATH variable', to designate that the program will be running a jar file from java.  When the shortcut is created, the Target Path in the shortcut results in:

"C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe -jar C:\MyApp\MyExe.exe"

and WinXP says that it doesn't recognize the path, and the shortcut doesn't work.  If, however, in the shortcut, I remove the leading ", so that it looks like:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe -jar C:\MyApp\MyExe.exe"

the shortcut will work just fine.

How can I use your method to modify my Target Path in my code so that the resulting Target in the shortcut will be:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe -jar C:\MyApp\MyExe.exe" or  C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe -jar C:\MyApp\MyExe.exe

Thanks for your help.

[TroyK]

You are executing "java.exe" with the arguments "-jar C:\MyApp\MyExe.exe".

Did you try just having C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe in the TargetPath

and then adding -jar C:\MyApp\MyExe.exe as the first element in the Arguments array?

To make it work with variations of the windows operating system you should define the target path as %SystemRoot%\system32\java.exe

That way it will find the system path regardless of which drive letter is the system root and if it is C:\Windows or C:\WINNT etc.

[basincruiser]

Yes.  I had thought of putting C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe in the TargetPath and then adding -jar C:\MyApp\MyExe.exe as the first element in the Arguments array right after my recent post, and it seems to work.

I will try using the %SystemRoot%\system32\java.exe as well.

Thank you very much for your help.

[Jason_Drotman]

07/26/2021 - kudos to Troy Kujawski
I just used this as I needed a programmatically generated shortcut on my windows 10 desktop.
This method works still!

I used the "Get System Directory" VI to push in the proper windows 10 desktop path for my user into the desktop path and this worked perfectly!

[JohnatanBravo]

Thanks Troy!

This still works fine in Windows 11.

Just in case anyone else comes across it.