> You can have the target be a .lnk file (pointing directly to the .exe),
You can put command line arguments and things in a shortcut, and may be able to run a batch file from there. If not, make it a shortcut to "cmd.exe" and put the batch file in the arguments. Or do what I do and keep a command window open to your shell of choice all the time, which is Interix csh when I'm on Windows. I wonder what they'll nobble in Interix when they include it in Vista. They can't leave it out in the open to compete with their new ActiveX-enabled shell.
