Para crear un acceso directo en el menú inicio de windows:
Private Declare Function fCreateShellLink Lib "STKIT432.DLL" (ByVal lpstrFolderName As String, ByVal lpstrLinkName As String, ByVal lpstrLinkPath As String, ByVal lpstrLinkArgs As String) As Long
Private Sub Form_Load() iLong = fCreateShellLink("", "Notepad++", "C:\Archivos de Programa\notepad++\notepad++.exe", "") End Sub