Create Windows Desktop shortcut to executable in Python Scripts directory

createWindowsShortcut.py

#! /usr/bin/env python
import os
import sys
import shutil
import sysconfig
import winreg
from win32com.client import Dispatch

def get_reg(name,path):
    # Read variable from Windows Registry
    # From http://stackoverflow.com/a/35286642
    try:
        registry_key = winreg.OpenKey(winreg.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, path, 0,
                                       winreg.KEY_READ)
        value, regtype = winreg.QueryValueEx(registry_key, name)
        winreg.CloseKey(registry_key)
        return value
    except WindowsError:
        return None

# Package name
packageName = 'iromlab'

# Scripts directory (location of launcher script)
scriptsDir = sysconfig.get_path('scripts')

# Target of shortcut
target = os.path.join(scriptsDir, packageName + '.exe')

# Name of link file
linkName = packageName + '.lnk'

# Read location of Windows desktop folder from registry
regName = 'Desktop'
regPath = r'Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders'
desktopFolder = os.path.normpath(get_reg(regName,regPath))

# Path to location of link file
pathLink = os.path.join(desktopFolder, linkName)
shell = Dispatch('WScript.Shell')
shortcut = shell.CreateShortCut(pathLink)
shortcut.Targetpath = target
shortcut.WorkingDirectory = scriptsDir
shortcut.IconLocation = target
shortcut.save()