------_ extPart_001_01C43F59.1D4A9D88 Content-Type: text/plain; charset so-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Windows Script Host's WScript.Shell object can create shortcuts, so you could install ActiveScriptRuby and try to drive a WScript.Shell instance the way you more usually would using VBScript or JScript (the two built-in languages of WSH). Al ------_ extPart_001_01C43F59.1D4A9D88--