Access other shortcut properties

Hi Friedrich,
I have searched the docs and forum, but am just not hitting on the right keywords apparently - I am wondering if it is possible to modify some of the properties on the shortcut links after they are created. We've run in to a problem with our product on Windows 10 that in the short term can be solved by modifying the font, font size, screen buffer height and window height - but I don't see a way to set any of these through the visualizer or keywords to modify them afterwards through the script editor either.

So the only other option I'm thinking is perhaps I set my current shortcut links (one desktop and one program folder item) to be OS dependent and I ignore win10. Then I manually create a desktop link on my own machine that is included in the installer and copied over for win10 installations - it would already have the correct settings, I would just have to reset the shortcut target to point to their installation path. And of course I'd have to make sure I put it in the right places. Is this going to be my best solution?

Thanks,
Lisa

Hi Lisa,

Unfortunately, it is not possible to modify the properties of an existing shortcut (.lnk). You have to remove the existing one and create a new shortcut.

BTW, where do you see the font, font size, screen buffer height and window height in the shortcut properties?

Friedrich

Hi Friedrich,
So then I wouldn't even be able to just include a preformatted .lnk in my installer and manually (well programmatically) edit the target then?

You can't see those options on all shortcuts, just the ones that point to a console program - which is what this particular installer is for. So I'm searching the net for a way to create my own shortcut programmatically and found this snip-it(http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/.../10421448.aspx), but it might just be a bit over my head. I'm trying to avoid the user having to change these things manually after installation on a win10 computer.
Lisa