Trying to create a shortcut...

[C# Programming]

My ultimate goal is to place shortcuts onto the desktop and startmenu of the files my application is copying to the workstation.
I found some code that allows me to create a shortcut file but I can not get the reference to work because I can not find the reference for IWshRuntimeLibrary in VS 2008 C#.

Does anyone have any suggestions on code I could use or reference to understand a better way of creating these shortcuts.


The Code below allows me to add a shortcut using :
Link.Update(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory, FileDestination, "Shell Link", true);



Here is the code that I found.

public class Link
{
/// <summary>
/// Check to see if a shortcut exists in a given directory with a specified file name
/// </summary>
/// <param name="DirectoryPath">The directory in which to look</param>
/// <param name="FullPathName">The name of the shortcut (without the .lnk extension) or the full path to a file of the same name</param>
/// <returns>Returns true if the link exists</returns>
public static bool Exists(string DirectoryPath, string LinkPathName)
{
// Get some file and directory information
DirectoryInfo SpecialDir=new DirectoryInfo(DirectoryPath);
// First get the filename for the original file and create a new file
// name for a link in the Startup directory
//
FileInfo originalfile = new FileInfo(LinkPathName);
string NewFileName = SpecialDir.FullName+"\\"+originalfile.Name+".lnk";
FileInfo linkfile = new FileInfo(NewFileName);
return linkfile.Exists;
}

//Check to see if a shell link exists to the given path in the specified special folder
// return true if it exists
public static bool Exists(Environment.SpecialFolder folder, string LinkPathName)
{
return Link.Exists(Environment.GetFolderPath(folder), LinkPathName);
}

/// <summary>
/// Update the specified folder by creating or deleting a Shell Link if necessary
/// </summary>
/// <param name="folder">A SpecialFolder in which the link will reside</param>
/// <param name="TargetPathName">The path name of the target file for the link</param>
/// <param name="LinkPathName">The file name for the link itself or, if a path name the directory information will be ignored.</param>
/// <param name="Create">If true, create the link, otherwise delete it</param>
public static void Update(Environment.SpecialFolder folder, string TargetPathName, string LinkPathName, bool install)
{
// Get some file and directory information
Link.Update(Environment.GetFolderPath(folder), TargetPathName, LinkPathName, install);
}

// boolean variable "install" determines whether the link should be there or not.
// Update the folder by creating or deleting the link as required.

/// <summary>
/// Update the specified folder by creating or deleting a Shell Link if necessary
/// </summary>
/// <param name="DirectoryPath">The full path of the directory in which the link will reside</param>
/// <param name="TargetPathName">The path name of the target file for the link</param>
/// <param name="LinkPathName">The file name for the link itself or, if a path name the directory information will be ignored.</param>
/// <param name="Create">If true, create the link, otherwise delete it</param>
public static void Update(string DirectoryPath, string TargetPathName, string LinkPathName, bool Create)
{
// Get some file and directory information
DirectoryInfo SpecialDir=new DirectoryInfo(DirectoryPath);
// First get the filename for the original file and create a new file
// name for a link in the Startup directory
//
FileInfo OriginalFile = new FileInfo(LinkPathName);
string NewFileName = SpecialDir.FullName+"\\"+OriginalFile.Name+".lnk";
FileInfo LinkFile = new FileInfo(NewFileName);

if(Create) // If the link doesn't exist, create it
{
if(LinkFile.Exists)return; // We're all done if it already exists
//Place a shortcut to the file in the special folder
try
{
// Create a shortcut in the special folder for the file
// Making use of the Windows Scripting Host
WshShell shell = new WshShell();
IWshShortcut link = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(LinkFile.FullName);
link.TargetPath=TargetPathName;
link.Save();
}
catch
{
MessageBox.Show("Unable to create link in special directory: "+NewFileName,
"Shell Link Error",MessageBoxButtons.OK,MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}
else // otherwise delete it from the startup directory
{
if(!LinkFile.Exists)return; // It doesn't exist so we are done!
try
{
LinkFile.Delete();
}
catch
{
MessageBox.Show("Error deleting link in special directory: "+NewFileName,
"Shell Link Error",MessageBoxButtons.OK,MessageBoxIcon.Error);
}
}
}

}