Group Policy question...

[uplinx]

Hi there,

Not having used GP's for a little while now, i was just wondering if anyone could tell me how to create a GP for a GPO that would put a shortcut onto the desktop of all users in the group. The shortcut is to a file in a networked location \\server\folder\filename.ext

Any advice would be great, or any alternative methods that would work just as well?!

 

[kmkeshav]

Create a logon script to do this in the Group Policy applied to the users.

The logon script (VBScript) would like something like this:

set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop")
set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Network Share.lnk")
oShellLink.TargetPath = "\\server\share"
oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1
oShellLink.IconLocation = "SHELL32.dll, 18"
oShellLink.Description = "Network Share"
oShellLink.WorkingDirectory = "\\share\server"
oShellLink.Save



Hope this helps.

-Keshav

 

[markdmac]

Refer to my FAQ on login scritps for some advice on implementing scripts via GPO. faq329-5798

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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