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copied!<p>Nice and clean. (<strong>.NET 4.0</strong>)</p> <pre><code>Type t = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(new Guid("72C24DD5-D70A-438B-8A42-98424B88AFB8")); //Windows Script Host Shell Object dynamic shell = Activator.CreateInstance(t); try{ var lnk = shell.CreateShortcut("sc.lnk"); try{ lnk.TargetPath = @"C:\something"; lnk.IconLocation = "shell32.dll, 1"; lnk.Save(); }finally{ Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(lnk); } }finally{ Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(shell); } </code></pre> <p>That's it, no additional code needed. <em>CreateShortcut</em> can even load shortcut from file, so properties like <em>TargetPath</em> return existing information. <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f5y78918%28v=vs.84%29.aspx">Shortcut object properties</a>.</p> <p>Also possible this way for versions of .NET unsupporting dynamic types. (<strong>.NET 3.5</strong>)</p> <pre><code>Type t = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(new Guid("72C24DD5-D70A-438B-8A42-98424B88AFB8")); //Windows Script Host Shell Object object shell = Activator.CreateInstance(t); try{ object lnk = t.InvokeMember("CreateShortcut", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, shell, new object[]{"sc.lnk"}); try{ t.InvokeMember("TargetPath", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, lnk, new object[]{@"C:\whatever"}); t.InvokeMember("IconLocation", BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, lnk, new object[]{"shell32.dll, 5"}); t.InvokeMember("Save", BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, lnk, null); }finally{ Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(lnk); } }finally{ Marshal.FinalReleaseComObject(shell); } </code></pre>

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