create a Shelllink (also known as Shortcut) with a few lines of code

Option Explicit
Enum Windowstyle
  Minimized = 7
  Maximized = 3
  Normal = 1
End Enum
Public Function CreateShortcut(Linkpath As String, TargetPath As String, Optional WorkPath As String, Optional HotKey As String = "", Optional Description As String = "", Optional Winstyle As Windowstyle, Optional Iconnumber As Integer)
  Dim SC As Object
  Set SC = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").CreateShortcut(Linkpath)
  
  With SC
    .TargetPath = TargetPath
    'where your shortcuts jumps to
    
    .HotKey = HotKey
    'can be "CTRL+SHIFT+E" (as Str!) for Example
    
    .Description = Description
    'this should be clear to you
    
    .Windowstyle = Winstyle
    'Winstyle differs from the typical styles (2 does not mean maximized)
    
    .IconLocation = TargetPath & ", " & Iconnumber
    'This will take the Icon for the link from the file its associated with (targetpath)
    'some files include more than one icon. This is what is meant by Iconnumber.
    
    .WorkingDirectory = WorkPath
    'The normal Workingdirectory for the file the link calls.
    
    .Save
    'saves the link [important! :-)]
  End With
End Function