Create a shortcut for the batch file
This article discusses various methods of creating batch file shortcuts on Windows. We will cover two different methods for having a batch script create a shortcut in the Windows Startup folder.
PowerShell command to create a batch file shortcut
We can place PowerShell commands into a batch file to create shortcuts. For example, if we paste the command below at the end of a batch script, it will send a shortcut to itself to our startup folder.
powershell "$s=(New-Object -COM WScript.Shell).CreateShortcut('%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\%~n0.lnk');$s.TargetPath='%~f0';$s.Save()"
If you don't want to use PowerShell, you can use mklink.
mklink command creates a shortcut to a batch file
We can create symbolic links using mklink. Following is the basic syntax of the command.
mklink saveShortcutAs targetOfShortcut
In our case, we added the following to our batch script.
mklink "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\%~nx0" "%~f0"
Although the resulting shortcut is not a standard .lnk.exe file, it should still function as expected. Note that for this to work, .batthe .exe file must be launched from the same drive as the startup folder.
Also, creating the symlink seems to require administrator privileges.
In summary, you can use any of the methods discussed above to send a shortcut to a batch script to the startup folder.
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