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Create web shortcut in windows in python
To create a web shortcut in Windows using Python, you can utilize the pywin32
library, which provides access to Windows APIs. Here's an example code snippet:
pythonimport win32com.client
def create_web_shortcut(url, target_path, shortcut_name):
shell = win32com.client.Dispatch("WScript.Shell")
shortcut = shell.CreateShortcut(target_path + "\\" + shortcut_name + ".lnk")
shortcut.TargetPath = url
shortcut.Save()
# Example usage
url = "https://www.example.com"
target_path = "C:\\Users\\Username\\Desktop" # The directory where the shortcut will be created
shortcut_name = "Example Website" # The name of the shortcut
create_web_shortcut(url, target_path, shortcut_name)
In this example, the create_web_shortcut
function takes three parameters: the URL of the website, the target directory where the shortcut will be created, and the name of the shortcut (without the file extension). It uses the WScript.Shell
COM object from pywin32
to create a shortcut object, set the target path to the URL, and save the shortcut.
Make sure you have the pywin32
library installed before running this code. You can install it using pip:
pip install pywin32
Update the url
, target_path
, and shortcut_name
variables in the example to match your specific requirements. The target_path
should be a valid directory path where you have permission to create files.
When you run the script, it will create a web shortcut with the given URL and name in the specified target directory. The shortcut will have the .lnk
extension and can be double-clicked to open the website in the default web browser.