Create a Shortcut error

[Christine123]

I posted a question about paths with spaces a few days ago. I got a reply to use more quotes which I did. Now I'm getting a new error. This is what I have now:

Call Shortcut("""C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS\FP_DEVEL\Links\meet.lnk""","""C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\fp_devel\meet.csv""")
Sub Shortcut(LinkFile, CommandLine)
Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set ShortcutHandle = WshShell.CreateShortcut (LinkFile)
ShortcutHandle.TargetPath = CommandLine
ShortcutHandle.Save
End Sub

I used to have one set of quotes around the paths. Now if I double click on the VBS file (this used to work) I get the error: The shortcut pathname must end with .lnk or .url.

If I try to run this from a BAT file (which is what I need to do), I get the same error I got before: Windows cannot find 'C:\Documents'.

Any other way around this?

 

[PHV]

And this ?
Call Shortcut("C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\DOCUMENTS\FP_DEVEL\Links\meet.lnk", """C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\fp_devel\meet.csv""")

Hope This Helps, PH.
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[Christine123]

Thanks PHV

I got double clicking on the VBS file to work. Running it from a bat file still gives me the same message. After a bit of fooling around with it I discovered that it is the second path (parameter) that is causing the problem. It doesn't seem to recognize the extra quotations. Unfortunatly the second path is the one I have no control over. Any other ideas?

 

[Christine123]

I have figured it out. The problem was with the BAT file not the VBS file. Thanks for your help