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" )

    }

}