createShortcut(run_exe.c_str(),GetDesktopPath().c_str(),"Launcher");

bool createShortcut(string lpszSrcFile,
                    string lpszDstPath,
                    string lpszName)
{
 IShellLink *pShl = NULL;
 IPersistFile *pPPF = NULL;
 HRESULT rc = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink,
                               NULL,
                               CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                               IID_IShellLink,
                               (void**)(&pShl));
 if (FAILED(rc))
  return false;
 do
 {
	 rc = pShl->SetPath(lpszSrcFile.c_str());
  if (FAILED(rc))
   break;
  rc = pShl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void**)&pPPF);
  if (FAILED(rc))
   break;
  string path="";
  path.append(lpszDstPath.c_str());
  path.append("\\");
  path.append(lpszName.c_str());
  path.append(".lnk");
  //  TCHAR path[MAX_PATH] = { 0 };
  wchar_t buf[MAX_PATH];
/*  lstrcat(path, lpszDstPath.c_str());
  lstrcat(path, "\\");
  lstrcat(path, lpszName.c_str());
  lstrcat(path, ".lnk");*/
  MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, path.c_str(), -1, buf, MAX_PATH);
  rc = pPPF->Save(buf, TRUE);
//  rc = pPPF->Save(wsz, TRUE);
 } while(0);
 if (pPPF)
  pPPF->Release();
 if (pShl)
  pShl->Release();
 return SUCCEEDED(rc);
}

string GetDesktopPath(void){
ULONG ulDataType;
HKEY hKey;
DWORD dwToRead = 100;
TCHAR strPath[100];
//wchar_t buf[MAX_PATH];
//string strPath;
/*
char strKey[] = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders";
 
RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKey,
             0,KEY_READ,&hKey);
RegQueryValueEx(hKey,"Desktop",NULL,
            &ulDataType,(LPBYTE)strPath,&dwToRead);

strPath[dwToRead] = '\0';
// MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, strPath, -1, buf, MAX_PATH);
RegCloseKey(hKey);*/
TCHAR szPath[MAX_PATH];
string strPath1="";
//string szPath;
if(SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPath(NULL, 
                             CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, 
                             NULL, 
                             0, 
                             szPath))) 
{
	//strPath1.append(szPath);
	//PathAppend(szPath, TEXT("New Doc.txt"));
}
return szPath;//strPath1;
}