Hi

The following works for me on a WinXP Pro box:

use Win32::Shortcut;

use strict;
use warnings;

my $link = Win32::Shortcut->new();

$link->{'Path'} = 'C:\Documents and Settings\jim\My Documents\google_m
+aps.txt';
$link->{'WorkingDirectory'} = 'C:\Documents and Settings\jim\My Docume
+nts';
$link->{'ShowCmd'} = SW_SHOWNORMAL;
$link->Save('C:/Documents and Settings/jim/Desktop/google_maps.lnk');
$link->Close();
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I created two links on my desktop, one the "normal" way, one with the script. They are of different sizes:

C:\Documents and Settings\jim\Desktop>dir *.lnk
 Volume in drive C is mecano
 Volume Serial Number is 84B7-29B9

 Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\jim\Desktop

07.26.05  12:35 PM               648 google_maps.lnk
07.26.05  12:24 PM               594 Shortcut to Google_maps.txt.lnk
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but seem the same on visual inspection. Both open the text file correctly without an additional prompt.

- j