Delphi 7:{ Function: create a desktop shortcut to your application }{ make sure you add these units in the uses clause. }uses ShellAPI, ComObj, ComCtrls, Shlobj, ActiveX;procedure CreateShortCut;var psl : IShellLink; ppf : IPersistFile; ws : WideString; wss : array[0..MAX_PATH] of AnsiChar;begin psl := CreateComObject(CLSID_ShellLink) as IShellLink; ppf := psl as IPersistFile; if Assigned( psl ) then try psl.SetPath( PChar( ParamStr( 0 ) ) ); psl.SetWorkingDirectory( PChar( ExtractFilePath( Application.ExeName ) ) ); psl.SetShowCmd( SW_SHOWNORMAL ); psl.SetDescription( PChar( 'Your app name' ) ); GetEnvironmentVariable( PChar('USERPROFILE'), wss, sizeof(wss) - 1 ); ws := wss + 'DesktopYour app name.lnk'; ppf.Save( PWChar( ws ), False ); finally end;end;