Windows 10: Trouble creating a desktop shortcut

Discus and support Trouble creating a desktop shortcut in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; The program WinsSCP comes with 2 executables: WinSCP.exe and WinSCP.com. I am trying to create desktop shortcuts for each. I had no trouble creating... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by pokeefe0001, Sep 3, 2016.

  1. POKEEFE0001
    pokeefe0001 Win User

    Trouble creating a desktop shortcut


    The program WinsSCP comes with 2 executables: WinSCP.exe and WinSCP.com. I am trying to create desktop shortcuts for each. I had no trouble creating one for the .exe file but Windows won't create for the .com file.

    If I go to its folder, click and drag it to the desktop, and select "Create shortcuts here", nothing happens.

    If I go to its folder, right click on the .com file, and select "Create shortcut" it gives me the expected popup "Windows can't create a shortcut here. Do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead?". I click "Yes" and get another popup saying "Windows could not create the shortcut. Check to see if the disk is full". I have 149GB free so (unless that's an awfully big shortcut) space is not the problem.

    Does Windows not allow shortcuts for .com files? I've search but have seen nothing indicating that.

    :)
     
    pokeefe0001, Sep 3, 2016
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  2. 'MIKE P
    'Mike P Win User

    create shortcut on desktop

    It's on my win10.

    Are you logged on in the guest account maybe ?


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    'Mike P, Sep 3, 2016
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  3. ANDRE DA COSTA
    Andre Da Costa Win User
    Create shortcut to desktop

    It depends on the version of Windows 10. In older versions, you could easily send to desktop, but they have changed it in the latest release. For classic desktop apps, you can go to C:\Program Files and send a desktop shortcut from there.
     
    Andre Da Costa, Sep 3, 2016
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Trouble creating a desktop shortcut

    Hello pokeefe0001, *Smile

    See if you may be able to create a shortcut of the WinSCP.com file by creating a new shortcut using the target location below. Substitute full path with the actual full path of the file's location.

    explorer "full path\WinSCP.com"
     
    Brink, Sep 3, 2016
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  5. POKEEFE0001
    pokeefe0001 Win User
    If I put that command in a .bat file. I was then able to build a shortcut to the .bat file and it worked. Any idea why I couldn't build a shortcut to the .com file?
     
    pokeefe0001, Sep 3, 2016
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  6. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Great news.

    I'm not sure why, but it's been that way for a while in previous Windows as well to not be able to easily create a shortcut of a .com file.
     
    Brink, Apr 4, 2018
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