create a desktop shortcut in csharp

main.cs
using IWshRuntimeLibrary;

public void CreateShortcut(string filePath, string shortcutPath)
{
    // Create a new WshShellClass instance
    WshShellClass shell = new WshShellClass();

    // Create a shortcut object
    IWshShortcut shortcut = (IWshShortcut)shell.CreateShortcut(shortcutPath);

    // Set shortcut properties
    shortcut.TargetPath = filePath; // The target file path
    shortcut.WorkingDirectory = ""; // The working directory of the target file
    shortcut.WindowStyle = 1; // Normal window style
    shortcut.Description = "My shortcut"; // A short description of the shortcut
    shortcut.IconLocation = "path\\to\\icon.ico"; // The path to the icon of the shortcut

    // Save the shortcut
    shortcut.Save();
}
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main.cs
CreateShortcut("C:\\myFile.txt", "C:\\Users\\myUser\\Desktop\\myShortcut.lnk");
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