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Recent content by MarBra

  1. MarBra

    Pin short to Start Menu on Winows XP and Windows 7

    So should your code work as is or do I need to find what should be in place of the ampersand? Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace("C:\Temp") Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName("Athena.lnk") set colVerbs = objFolderItem.verbs for each objVerb...
  2. MarBra

    Pin short to Start Menu on Winows XP and Windows 7

    If the ampersand worked for pinning an exe on the same windows xp machine shouldn't it be the same for a .lnk? I'm using this exact code below on the same windows xp machine and I'm able to pin word, powerpoint, excel....but with their exe not .lnk. Set objShell =...
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    Pin short to Start Menu on Winows XP and Windows 7

    If I put something like what I have below to pin a shortcut doesn't put the icon on the start menu. I would like to know if my script is wrong or is there a different script I should be using? Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace("C:\Temp") Set...
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    Pin short to Start Menu on Winows XP and Windows 7

    Sorry for being vague...Below is what I'm using to pin an application icon to the start menu of an xp machine. I need to also pin a shortcut to and application that is on an network share. What needs to run on windows xp Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") Set objFolder =...
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    Pin short to Start Menu on Winows XP and Windows 7

    I'm working at a school and need to pin certain icons and shortcuts to the start menu. I have the icons figured out but I'm having some trouble pinning a short cut.
  6. MarBra

    Login script

    Some computers have powerpoint some do not. How can I have my script check if powerpoint is installed pin to the start menu if not installed ignore. Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace("C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14") Set objFolderItem = objFolder.ParseName("Powerpnt.exe")...
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    Login script

    Need to combine a script to pin icons for Windows XP users and Window 7 Users. The same user would be logging into both machines. This is in a school the students have to have a locked down desktop with specific icons in the start menu. The only problem is I need it to work for each machine a...

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