VBScript - The System Administrator's Language - Part 1

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set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop _
  & "\MyExcel.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = _
  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE"
oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1
oShellLink.Hotkey = "CTRL+SHIFT+F"
oShellLink.IconLocation = _
  "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\EXCEL.EXE, 0"
oShellLink.Description = "My Excel Shortcut"
oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop
oShellLink.Save
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• Introducing VBScript
• VBScript "Hosts"
• Clearing up some "points of confusion"
• WSH Objects
• The Example Code
• Running the Example ... and what's next