// CreateLink - uses the shell's IShellLink and IPersistFile interfaces 
//   to create and store a shortcut to the specified object. 
// Returns the result of calling the member functions of the interfaces. 
// lpszPathObj - address of a buffer containing the path of the object. 
// lpszPathLink - address of a buffer containing the path where the 
//   shell link is to be stored. 
// lpszDesc - address of a buffer containing the description of the 
//   shell link. 
 
HRESULT CreateLink(LPCSTR lpszPathObj, 
    LPCSTR lpszPathLink, LPCSTR lpszDesc) 
{ 
    HRESULT hres; 
    IShellLink* psl; 
 
    // Get a pointer to the IShellLink interface. 
    hres = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, 
        CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *) &psl); 
    if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) { 
        IPersistFile* ppf; 
 
        // Set the path to the shortcut target and add the 
        // description. 
        psl->SetPath(lpszPathObj); 
        psl->SetDescription(lpszDesc); 
 
       // Query IShellLink for the IPersistFile interface for saving the 
       // shortcut in persistent storage. 
        hres = psl->QueryInterface(&IID_IPersistFile, 
            &ppf); 
 
        if (SUCCEEDED(hres)) { 
            WCHAR wsz[MAX_PATH]; 
 
            // Ensure that the string is Unicode. 
            MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP,  0 , lpszPathLink, - 1 , 
                wsz, MAX_PATH); 
 
            // Save the link by calling IPersistFile::Save. 
            hres = ppf->Save(wsz, TRUE); 
            ppf->Release(); 
        } 
        psl->Release(); 
    } 
    return hres; 
}