Create Shortcut on Users Desktops to URL Link

#To define a particular parameter, replace the 'parameterName' inside itsm.getParameter('parameterName') with that parameter's name

URL='http://www.iconarchive.com/download/i50371/hopstarter/orb/Internet-Explorer.ico' #Give the Download icon URL

src_path="C:\Users\win732dt\Downloads\icon" #Give the preferred path location

Display_icon_name="Ticket System" # Enter a name to display below icon on the desktop. Eg: Google chrome 

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import os

import ctypes

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class disable_file_system_redirection:

    _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection

    _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection

    def __enter__(self):

        self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()

        self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))

    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):

        if self.success:

            self._revert(self.old_value)

import urllib

def Download(src_path, URL):

    import urllib2

    import os

    print "Icon Download started"

    fileName = '1.ico'#Give any icon file name as per your wish

    fp = os.path.join(src_path, fileName)

    request = urllib2.Request(URL, headers={'User-Agent' : "Magic Browser"})

    parsed = urllib2.urlopen(request)

    if os.path.exists(src_path):

        print "icon downloaded Path already exists"

    if not os.path.exists(src_path):

        os.makedirs(src_path)

        print "icon downloaded Path created"

    with open(fp, 'wb') as f:

        while True:

            chunk=parsed.read(100*1000*1000)

            if chunk:

                f.write(chunk)

            else:

                break

    print "The file downloaded successfully in specified path"

    return fp

si=Download(src_path, URL)

de= '"'+si+'"'

print de

vbs=r'''

Dim WshProcEnv

Dim process_architecture

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("AllUsersDesktop")

Set WshProcEnv = WshShell.Environment("Process")

Set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\%s.lnk")

process_architecture= WshProcEnv("PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE") 

If process_architecture = "x86" Then

    oShellLink.TargetPath = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

Else

    oShellLink.TargetPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

End If

oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1

oShellLink.IconLocation = %s

oShellLink.Hotkey = "CTRL+SHIFT+F"

oShellLink.Description = "Shortcut Script"

oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = strDesktop

oShellLink.Arguments = "https://clearwatersystems.servicedesk-us.comodo.com/"

oShellLink.Save

'''% (Display_icon_name, de)

def runvbs(vbs):

    workdir=os.environ['PROGRAMDATA']+r'\temp'

    if not os.path.isdir(workdir): 

        os.mkdir(workdir)

    with open(workdir+r'\temprun.vbs',"w") as f :

        f.write(vbs)        

    with disable_file_system_redirection():

        print os.popen('cscript.exe "'+workdir+r'\temprun.vbs"').read()

        print('Script execution completed successfully')

    if os.path.isfile(workdir+r'\temprun.vbs'):

        os.remove(workdir+r'\temprun.vbs')

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runvbs(vbs)