[tomasz86]

I'm trying to figure out how to create shortcuts when using MS hotfix installer. Basically speaking, a section called LinkItems.Create is used for it but I'm really unsure how exactly it's structured.

Here are a few examples:

[LinkItems.Create]
%scw_linkname% = 0x0019,,"%SystemRoot%\hh.exe scwhelp.chm",,,,,,"@%SystemRoot%\System32\ws03res.dll,-69501","%SystemRoot%\system32\ws03res.dll",69500

%WDS_MMC_NAME%=0x002f,,%11%\WdsMgmt.msc,"%systemroot%\system32\wdsmmc.dll.mui",-114,,,,"@%systemroot%\system32\wdsmmc.dll.mui,-1892",%systemroot%\system32\wdsmmc.dll.mui,1891

%WDS_RISETUP_NAME%=0x002f,,%11%\risetup.exe,"%systemroot%\system32\risetup.exe.mui",-97,,,,"@%systemroot%\system32\risetup.exe.mui,-220",%systemroot%\system32\risetup.exe.mui,219

%seccentername% =  0x0017,%systemtools%,wscui.cpl,"%SystemRoot%\system32\xpsp2res.dll",-6105,,,,"@%SystemRoot%\system32\xpsp2res.dll,-6104","%SystemRoot%\system32\xpsp2res.dll",6103

%FlashConfigWiz% = 0x0017,%CommunicationsGroup%,"rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL NetSetup.cpl,@0,WNSW","%SystemRoot%\system32\xpsp2res.dll",-2026,,,,"@%SystemRoot%\system32\xpsp2res.dll,-16202","%SystemRoot%\system32\xpsp2res.dll",16201

There's no available documentation on this. In the Internet I've found some guidelines like this one about how to create shortcuts through INF files but it's not exactly the same thing. Could anyone with more knowledge on this matter help and explain how such a shortcut structure should look like?

Let's say that I'd like to create a shortcut to "%ProgramFiles%\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" which is to be located in "%16407%\Skype\" (All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Skype)