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...launch programmatically the Create Shortcut dialog?
Autor: P. Below
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uses
  
registry, shellapi;

function Launch_CreateShortCut_Dialog(Directory: string): Boolean;
var
  
reg: TRegistry;
  cmd: string;
begin
  
Result := False;
  reg    := TRegistry.Create;
  try
    
reg.Rootkey := HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT;
    if reg.OpenKeyReadOnly('.LNK\ShellNew') then
    begin
      
cmd    := reg.ReadString('Command');
      cmd    := StringReplace(cmd, '%1', Directory, []);
      Result := True;
      WinExec(PChar(cmd), SW_SHOWNORMAL);
    end
  finally
    
reg.Free;
  end;
end;

{Example/ Beispiel}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  
Launch_CreateShortCut_Dialog('c:\temp');
end;


 

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