HammerRodX

OK that makes more sense -I am taking the desktop is delivered from a shared location on sever to all the workstations e.g. if ILT is not enabled, all workstations will get the Photoshop icon but workstations which don't have the software installed will get dead icons on the desktop. Sorry for repeating this again I am just trying to clear my own confusion, i guess I will have to try it now. Just realised you deliver shortcuts this way User Configuration > Preferences > Windows Settings > Shortcuts - Adobe Photoshop not via a shared location on the server. How many software you have to deal with I am asking only because it is alright doing it this way if you only have a few shortcuts to deliver but what will you do if you have 40 odd shortcuts to deliver that is just for x86 workstations for x64 you will have do it again which means all together 80 times. Correct me if I am wrong

Thanks for the reply and link, I use item level targeting to deliver x86 and x64 desktops did not think if I can use item level targeting to do this as well. I understand what you mean, the logic isn't quite clear my head.

Hi Thanks for your replies, it is not about installing software, it is more about delivering desktop icons, all the shortcuts are delivered from a single shared location say \\server\desktop$\. This means all the workstations get the same desktop, workstations which have some software not installed get dead icons and ideally we want to hide those icons. For the sake for discussion lets say workstations A,B,C have office 2010 Installed and workstation D,E,F have office 2003 installed. All the workstations A,B,C,D,E,F get the desktop from a single shared location on the server e.g. \\server\desktop$. Problem is workstation A,B,C will have office 2003 dead icons and D,E,F will have office 2010 dead icons on the desktop and this is what we want to hide. I hope this makes more sense. RM does this on their CC4 network how I don't know. Thanks

Hello everyone, I work for a company that support schools, at the moment the way we carry installations is roaming profiles with folder redirections. This works pretty well I know some people don’t like the idea of roaming profiles but for us it has been quite good. Most of the software is deployed via active directory there are a few which have to go on the image. All the desktop shortcuts are redirected from the server- all this fine, the issue is when we have to deploy a piece of software which only has to be on certain workstations. Workstations with the specific software installed have the icon present but ones with software not installed have a dead icon. Question is- is there a way to hide the icon/s on those workstations which don’t have the software installed or is there workaround available or desktop delivery software available that will do this. Thanks in advance