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+#
+# Copyright:: 2010-2017, VMware, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+require "chef/resource"
+
+class Chef
+  class Resource
+    # @author Doug MacEachern <dougm@vmware.com>
+    # Creates a Windows shortcut file
+    class WindowsShortcut < Chef::Resource
+      resource_name :windows_shortcut
+      provides :windows_shortcut, os: "windows"
+
+      property :target, String
+      property :arguments, String
+      property :description, String
+      property :cwd, String
+      property :iconlocation, String
+
+      load_current_value do |desired|
+        require "win32ole" if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin|mingw32|windows/
+
+        link = WIN32OLE.new("WScript.Shell").CreateShortcut(desired.name)
+        name desired.name
+        target(link.TargetPath)
+        arguments(link.Arguments)
+        description(link.Description)
+        cwd(link.WorkingDirectory)
+        iconlocation(link.IconLocation)
+      end
+
+      action :create do
+        converge_if_changed do
+          converge_by "creating shortcut #{new_resource.name}" do
+            link = WIN32OLE.new("WScript.Shell").CreateShortcut(new_resource.name)
+            link.TargetPath = new_resource.target unless new_resource.target.nil?
+            link.Arguments = new_resource.arguments unless new_resource.arguments.nil?
+            link.Description = new_resource.description unless new_resource.description.nil?
+            link.WorkingDirectory = new_resource.cwd unless new_resource.cwd.nil?
+            link.IconLocation = new_resource.iconlocation unless new_resource.iconlocation.nil?
+            # ignoring: WindowStyle, Hotkey
+            link.Save
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end