create shortcut with powershell

 function Set-Shortcut ($linkpath , $targetPath )

{

    Write-Host $linkpath

    $strlinkpath = [String ]$linkpath

    if($targetPath -eq -$NULL)

    {

     throw ("targetpath not available" )

    }

    else

    {

        if(Test-Path $targetPath)

        {

        }

        else

        {

            throw " $targetPath does not exist"

        }

    }

    if($strlinkpath -eq $NULL)

    {     

            throw “linkpath not correct”

    }

    elseif($strlinkpath .EndsWith(".lnk" ))

    {

     $link            = ( New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell). CreateShortcut($strlinkpath)

     $link.TargetPath = $targetPath

     ## Added after grawity's post

     $link.Save()

    }

    else

    {

        throw ("filename not available in path" )

    }

}

 

script to generate files in folder structure

$DefaultPath = ""



$dirs =  get-childitem  -Recurse -Path $DefaultPath | where {$_.mode -match "d"}

foreach($dir in $dirs)
{
 $dirname =  $dir.FullName

    for ($i=1; $i -le 100; $i++)
    {
     $filename = "$dirname\file$i.txt"  
     write-host $filename
     New-Item $filename -type file -force -value "This is text added to the file"
    }
}