A simple script to create shortcuts with powershell

create-shortcuts.ps1

$root = "\\VBOXSRV\"
$folders = "common", "vagrant"
$nCOM = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$folders | ForEach-Object {
    $shortcut = $nCOM.CreateShortcut("$Home\Desktop\" + $_ + " (VBOXSRV).lnk")
    $shortcut.TargetPath = $root + $_
    $shortcut.Save()
}

pint-2-taskbar.ps1

# http://mickitblog.blogspot.com/2014/06/powershell-pinning-shortcuts-to-taskbar.html
# http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/b66434f1-4b3f-4a94-8dc3-e406eb30b750
$shell = new-object -com "Shell.Application"  
$folder = $shell.Namespace('C:\Windows')    
$item = $folder.Parsename('notepad.exe')
$verb = $item.Verbs() | ? {$_.Name -eq 'Pin to Tas&kbar'}
if ($verb) {$verb.DoIt()}