Mike Driscoll wrote:
Hi,I've had this niggling issue from time to time. I want to create a shortcut on the user's desktop to a website that specifically loads Firefox even if Firefox is not the default browser. I usually use COM as it allows very specific settings of the shortcut, such as the Working Directory and the Target Path. However, the following will not work for some reason: <code> import win32com.client import winshell shell = win32com.client.Dispatch('WScript.Shell') userDesktop = winshell.desktop() shortcut = shell.CreateShortCut(userDesktop + '\\MyShortcut.lnk') shortcut.Targetpath = r'"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https:\www.myCompanyWebsite.com\auth\preauth.php' shortcut.WorkingDirectory = r'C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox' shortcut.save() </code> This creates the following target path (which doesn't work): "C:\"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https: \www.myCompanyWebsite.com\auth\preauth.php" If I leave the website off, it works. If I leave the path to Firefox out, it works too. Is there another method I can use other than creating the shortcut by hand and using the shutil module? Thank you for any ideas. Mike
Either you copied wrong or the problem is: "C:\"C:\Program Files... Note the C:\ is specified twice in the string. I think it should read: > "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https: > \www.myCompanyWebsite.com\auth\preauth.php" -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
