Generate shortcut

void MakeShortCut() 
{
    
	HRESULT hr = CoInitialize(NULL);
	if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
	{
    
		IShellLink* pisl;
		hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellLink, NULL,
			CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IShellLink, (void**)&pisl);
		if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
		{
    
			IPersistFile* pIPF;

			// Here is the original file address where we want to create the shortcut 
			pisl->SetPath("E:\\test\\xxx.exe");
			hr = pisl->QueryInterface(IID_IPersistFile, (void**)&pIPF);
			if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
			{
    
				// convert to unicode
				char path[512] = {
     0 };
				SHGetSpecialFolderPath(0, path, CSIDL_DESKTOPDIRECTORY, 0);
				std::string convertStr;
				convertStr += path;
				convertStr += "\\";
				convertStr += "xxxx.lnk";
				int lengthOfWcs1 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, convertStr.c_str(), -1, NULL, 0);
				wchar_t* wcs1 = new wchar_t[lengthOfWcs1 + 1];
				MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, convertStr.c_str(), -1, wcs1, lengthOfWcs1);

				// Here is the destination address where we want to create the shortcut 
				pIPF->Save(wcs1, FALSE);
				pIPF->Release();
			}
			pisl->Release();
		}
		CoUninitialize();
	}


}