automatic desktop icons

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automatic desktop icons

borkboing

3:20 pm on Apr 22, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hi all... I found a service that charges monthly to enable you to put your own desktop icon on a shopper's computer. Sounds like an outstanding idea, but I am not too fond of the price. Does anyone know of a source of, or a script for, automatically putting a desktop icon on a customer's computer? (Yes, it is permission based).

Corey Bryant

1:14 am on Apr 23, 2004 (gmt 0)

You might review these sites:
[****.com...]
[seeyouagainshortcut.com...]

Or you might even try something like this:


<HTML> 
<HEAD> 
<TITLE>Adding a desktop icon</TITLE> 
 
<Script Language=VBScript> 
Sub Window_OnLoad() 
 
Set WS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
Dim strDesktop 
 
strDesktop = WS.SpecialFolders ("Desktop") 
Set ObjSC = WS.CreateShortcut (strDesktop & "\yourdomain.com.lnk") 
ObjSC.TargetPath = "http://www.yourdomain.com/" 
ObjSC.Save 
 
Set ObjSC = Nothing 
Set WS = nothing 
End Sub 
</Script> 
 
</HEAD> 
</HTML>

::: WARNINGS :::

INTERNET EXPLORER WARNS THAT ACTIVEX MAY BE UNSAFE - REQUIRES USER TO CLICK OK

THEN

NORTON THROWS ALL ITS TOYS OUT OF THE PRAM WARNING OF MALICIOUS ACTIVEX3 - AGAIN REQUIRES OVERRIDE

THEN

Shortcut appears on desktop.

If you want it to run sweeter, get your code signed. Signed ActiveX isn't as "malicious" as unsigned stuff.

note: probably only works on versions of windows that have wsh installed and aren't automatically blocking activex

-Corey

borkboing

4:34 am on Apr 23, 2004 (gmt 0)

Hey Corey,

They blocked that second url, can I trouble you to send it directly? My email is throwaway@4rd.com.

Regards