<p>How do you create an application shortcut (.lnk file) in C# or using the .NET framework?</p>

<p>The result would be a .lnk file to the specified application or URL.</p>

It's not as simple as I'd have liked, but there is a great class call
ShellLink.cs
at
vbAccelerator
This code uses interop, but does not rely on WSH.
Using this class, the code to create the shortcut is:
```
```
private static void configStep_addShortcutToStartupGroup()
{
    using (ShellLink shortcut = new ShellLink())
    {
        shortcut.Target = Application.ExecutablePath;
        shortcut.WorkingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);
        shortcut.Description = "My Shorcut Name Here";
        shortcut.DisplayMode = ShellLink.LinkDisplayMode.edmNormal;
        shortcut.Save(STARTUP_SHORTCUT_FILEPATH);
    }
}
```
```