Unable to create shortcut on Desktop for a remote IP file

Question

I am using below code to create the help.lnk (which refers to MainHelp.html) from a remote IP to my local system. I am facing below problems:

1. The same code is running on my friends PC but not mine.Its saying = "Automation server can't create object"

2. On my friend's PC the "help.lnk" is targeting to "C:\172.xx.xx.xx\abc\html\MainHelp.html" ,which is wrong as "C:" must not come because the MainHelp.html is present at remote IP.So, its giving Target Not Found ERROR

   function fnGo() {

   var WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell"); 
   strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("\\172.xx.xx.xx\\abc\\html"); 
   var oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "help.lnk"); 
   oShellLink.TargetPath = "\\172.xx.xx.xx\\abc\\html\\MainHelp.html"; 
   oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1; 
   oShellLink.Hotkey = "CTRL+SHIFT+G"; 
   oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"; 
   oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop; 
   oShellLink.Save(); 
   

   }

   Please help

Answer 1

Try changing the following lines

strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop"); 
var oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop + "\\help.lnk"); 
oShellLink.TargetPath = "\\\\172.xx.xx.xx\\abc\\html\\MainHelp.html"; 

• You need to indicate the correct folder in where to save the shortcut

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