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Importing Favorites tthrough Group Policy
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When you say it "Doesn't work", can you clarify this more. Do you mean it "seamingly" works but doesn't actually put the favourites on the client. Or dp you get errors in the GPMC?
Can you not just add them manually in the GPO?
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Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant
Can you not just add them manually in the GPO?
Hope this Helps.
Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant
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Well I can add them manually but when I try to import a list of favorites about 400 links long it does not work. I'm begining to think that Windows Server 2003 Group Polucy does not allow me to import favorites only import folder structure. Any ideas?
what exactly do you mean by "list of favourites".
The import lets you specify folders of which contains url shuortcut files. That is the only way you can do it.
you can create the favourites on any machine, and they all save to the "c:\documents and settings\%profile%\favourites" and then when you add that folder via "import" in the GPOE.
If by list you mean that you have a text file with URLs in it, then we would have to try and create a script that would create the favourites client side, or server side (once) and then apply the GPO with that folder imported.
Hope this Helps.
Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant
The import lets you specify folders of which contains url shuortcut files. That is the only way you can do it.
you can create the favourites on any machine, and they all save to the "c:\documents and settings\%profile%\favourites" and then when you add that folder via "import" in the GPOE.
If by list you mean that you have a text file with URLs in it, then we would have to try and create a script that would create the favourites client side, or server side (once) and then apply the GPO with that folder imported.
Hope this Helps.
Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant
Neil - you must be British - it's
"c:\documents and settings\%profile%\favorites"
no "u" in favorites!
But you're right. You can't (IIRC) import a .htm file that's been exported from IE, as jtizzle is attempting to do.
Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
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"c:\documents and settings\%profile%\favorites"
no "u" in favorites!
But you're right. You can't (IIRC) import a .htm file that's been exported from IE, as jtizzle is attempting to do.
Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
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