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Execute your code and check the ShortCut, is it correct cmd line ? change it manually , will it work after that?<br />
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Perhaps you have problem in ShortCut text or in VB code
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Execute your code and check the ShortCut, is it correct cmd line ? change it manually , will it work after that?

Perhaps you have problem in ShortCut text or in VB code

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Hi als315 - I think you're quite right that it needs a program path to transfer the parameter - but if a program path needs to be included how can I make the shortcut function work across different installations ?
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Hi als315 - I think you're quite right that it needs a program path to transfer the parameter - but if a program path needs to be included how can I make the shortcut function work across different installations ?

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I can use SysCmd(acSysCmdAccessDir) :)
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In Access 2010/2013/2016 I'm using a function to create a desktop shortcut for a database - but I need to also supply a &quot;/cmd&quot; argument to do some detection when starting up the database - the parameter is put in the shortcut, but is ignored when starting up the database<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-29101976-1">Set scr = CreateObject(&quot;WScript.Shell&quot;)
Set scrLink = scr.CreateShortcut(strPath)
scrLink.TargetPath = scPath
scrLink.Arguments = &quot;/cmd &quot; &amp; cmdPath
scrLink.IconLocation = iconPath
scrLink.Save</code></pre>
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In Access 2010/2013/2016 I'm using a function to create a desktop shortcut for a database - but I need to also supply a "/cmd" argument to do some detection when starting up the database - the parameter is put in the shortcut, but is ignored when starting up the database

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Create desktop shortcut in VBA, with startup parameter/argument

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