shortcut

go-shortcut

A golang library for creating shortcuts on Windows and Mac

(Mac version in progress...)

package main

import (
    "github.com/go-ole/go-ole"
    "github.com/justintaylor-dev/go-shortcut"
)

func main() {
    src := "source.exe"
    dir := "path/to/source"
    dst := "path/to/dst.lnk"
    args := ""

    // Must initialize ole and defer the uninitialize for Windows
    ole.CoInitialize(0)
    defer ole.CoUninitialize()
    MakeLink(src, dst, dir, args)
}

$ go get -u "github.com/justintaylor-dev/go-shortcut"