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I have software that i install on every pc in my company,
and create a shortcut on the desktop for this. The only
problem is my users switch pc's every month and when they
log in to there new pc the software icon does not appear.
I need a way to put this software's icon on every desktop
no matter who logs in to a pc. Thanks in advance
 
Afternoon,

how are you deploying/installing the software? You just need to make sure the shortcut exists in the All User profile on the PC (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop), rather than just the specific users profile. Then it will be on the desktop for every user of the PC. How you put the shortcut there depends on how you are deploying the software.

John
 
ok i can do that but i already have this on about 300
pc's is there a way to put it in the all users profile
through group policy
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Afternoon,

how are you deploying/installing the software? You just
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need to make sure the shortcut exists in the All User
profile on the PC (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\All
Users\Desktop), rather than just the specific users
profile. Then it will be on the desktop for every user of
the PC. How you put the shortcut there depends on how
you are deploying the software.
 
You could run a startup script under the computer settings, so it applies to all computers - which copies the shortcut to the All Users profile. So long as you know which machines need the shortcut.

Or

Use a user logon script, which copies the shortcut to the users desktop (a user script runs under the user context so they wont have access to the All Users Profile). So long as you know which users need the shortcut.

However these will run evertime the computer boots or user logs on, until you remove the script.

You could also create an MSI package which contains only the shortcut in the All Users Profile, and deploy this as an assigned package to all computers via the GPO.

Theres no simple way to do this as far as I'm aware as there is no GPO setting that lets you add a desktop shortcut unfortunately.

John
 
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