WindowStyle Property
Assigns a window style to a shortcut, or identifies the type of window style used by a shortcut.
object.WindowStyle = intWindowStyle
Arguments
object
WshShortcut object.intWindowStyle
Sets the window style for the program being run.
Remarks
The WindowStyle property returns an integer.
The following table lists the available settings for intWindowStyle.
intWindowStyle |
Description |
|---|---|
1 |
Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. |
3 |
Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window. |
7 |
Minimizes the window and activates the next top-level window. |
Example
Description
The following example demonstrates the use of the WindowStyle property:
<package>
<job id="vbs">
<script language="VBScript">
set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Shortcut Script.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName
oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1
oShellLink.Hotkey = "Ctrl+Alt+e"
oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0"
oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"
oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop
oShellLink.Save
set oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Microsoft Web Site.url")
oUrlLink.TargetPath = "https://www.microsoft.com"
oUrlLink.Save
</script>
</job>
<job id="js">
<script language="JScript">
var WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop");
var oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\Shortcut Script.lnk");
oShellLink.TargetPath = WScript.ScriptFullName;
oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1;
oShellLink.Hotkey = "Ctrl+Alt+e";
oShellLink.IconLocation = "notepad.exe, 0";
oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script";
oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop;
oShellLink.Save();
var oUrlLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\Microsoft Web Site.url");
oUrlLink.TargetPath = "https://www.microsoft.com";
oUrlLink.Save();
</script>
</job>
</package>