This answer is a PowerShell translation of an excellent answer to this question How can I use JScript to create a shortcut that uses “Run as Administrator”. In short, you need to read the .lnk file in as an array of bytes. Locate byte 21 (0x15) and change bit 6 (0x20) to 1. This is … Read more
I don’t know any native cmdlet in powershell but you can use com object instead: $WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut(“$Home\Desktop\ColorPix.lnk”) $Shortcut.TargetPath = “C:\Program Files (x86)\ColorPix\ColorPix.exe” $Shortcut.Save() you can create a powershell script save as set-shortcut.ps1 in your $pwd param ( [string]$SourceExe, [string]$DestinationPath ) $WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell $Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut($DestinationPath) $Shortcut.TargetPath … Read more