Desktop icons "all users" on network

[svaughan]

Is there a way to push out a desktop icon to all users through active directory on a windows standard 2003 server to windows 7 pc's?

[SHimmer45]

do you have a common desktop or a customiseable one which follows them about as part of the profile?

[TheScarfedOne]

I would suggest a Group Policy Folder Redirect to a Server Share containing the shortcuts for all users. If you dont currently use this, then I could post up a script for you which would copy a file to a folder in the users profile on logon.

[Cache]

Using GPO preferences to create a shortcut on the desktop? I do this for Staff where SIMS is installed on the machine to place a shortcut on the desktop (admittedly Windows XP though)

[svaughan]

Tell me more Cache? Do you have a script or is there something in GP I'm missing?

[Cache]

In Group Policy Preferences you can create/update/delete shortcuts and specify trhe location as to where they should go and then target as required.

 

So for us we have a Shortcut specified in the User Preferneces section of the Staff GPO which has the following properties:

 

 

Location gives you various options as to where you want it to appear.

 

Then we have a Targeting option which does a file check to see if SIMS is installed on that machine and if so add's the icon to the desktop.

[garethEds]

Where would we find that windows you show in your post?

 

Gareth

[Duke5A]

Where would we find that windows you show in your post?

 

Gareth

 

Right here. Never used GPO for shortcuts though; I've always been a VB kind of guy.

 

 

Set objShortcutUrl = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strUserDesktopPath & "\Shortcut Name.lnk")
objShortcutUrl.TargetPath = strPath
objShortcutUrl.IconLocation  = strPath & "\icon.ico"
objShortcutUrl.Save