C# howto Create Network Dialer shortcut on desktop

Question

I have created a code in Visual C# using DOTRAS library, which creates pppoe dialer in network connection. But I am unable to figure out how to create the dialer shortcut on the desktop. I know in general howto create application shortcut in c# but unable to get the network connection shortcut code. Any suggestions would be appreciable.

Answer 1

This is the best i know:

string destDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop);
string destFileName = @"Connect To Example.lnk";

// Create .lnk file
string path = System.IO.Path.Combine(destDir, destFileName);
FileStream fs = File.Create(path);
fs.Close();

// Instantiate a ShellLinkObject that references the .lnk we created
Shell32.Shell shell = new Shell32.Shell();
Shell32.Folder shellFolder = shell.NameSpace(destDir);
Shell32.FolderItem shellFolderItem = shellFolder.Items().Item(destFileName);
Shell32.ShellLinkObject shellLinkObject = (Shell32.ShellLinkObject)shellFolderItem.GetLink;

// Set .lnk properties
shellLinkObject.Arguments = "-d Example";
shellLinkObject.Description = "Example Connection";
shellLinkObject.Path = @"%windir%\System32\rasphone.exe";
shellLinkObject.WorkingDirectory = "%windir%";

shellLinkObject.Save(path);

Replace "Example" with your connection name