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+#include "win32.h"
+#include "shlobj.h"
+
+/* This part of the code must be in C because the C++ interface to COM
+doesn't work. */
+
+void
+make_link_2 (char *exepath, char *args, char *icon, char *lname)
+{
+ IShellLink *sl;
+ IPersistFile *pf;
+ WCHAR widepath [_MAX_PATH];
+
+ CoCreateInstance (&CLSID_ShellLink, NULL,
+ CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, &IID_IShellLink, (LPVOID *) & sl);
+ sl->lpVtbl->QueryInterface (sl, &IID_IPersistFile, (void **) &pf);
+
+ sl->lpVtbl->SetPath (sl, exepath);
+ sl->lpVtbl->SetArguments (sl, args);
+ sl->lpVtbl->SetIconLocation (sl, icon, 0);
+
+ MultiByteToWideChar (CP_ACP, 0, lname, -1, widepath, _MAX_PATH);
+ pf->lpVtbl->Save (pf, widepath, TRUE);
+
+ pf->lpVtbl->Release (pf);
+ sl->lpVtbl->Release (sl);
+}