vbscript - How to open .lnk file or better known as a shortcut

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Ldallial
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vbscript - How to open .lnk file or better known as a shortcut

Post by Ldallial »

I simply have this

set x=createobject("wscript.shell")
x.run %comspec% /k C:\Program Files (x86)\Keysticks.net\Keysticks\KeySticks.lnk"

but gives me return code... invalid character, code: 800A0480

I copy pasted the path... I must be missing something else
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Re: vbscript - How to open .lnk file or better known as a shortcut

Post by jvierra »

You are missing a quote.

x.run "%comspec% /k ""%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Keysticks.net\Keysticks\KeySticks.lnk"""
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