Well scripting isn't as hard as most people think. There are tons of tutorials, examples, and sample code at the MSDN script center site. That would be a good place to start if you want to learn. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/beginner/firststeps .mspx //signed// Jamie R Nelson Systems Engineer Ingenium Corporation 72 CS/SCBNF 405.739.2811 (DSN 339) -----Original Message----- From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dowdle, Ian Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 5:55 AM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Desktop shortcuts Thanks for the advice guys. I was hoping to avoid using VBscripts because I can't write script, I guess I am going to have to learn. I will try the shortcut.exe first. Regards, Ian Dowdle PC Operations Manager School of Computing University of Teesside It was all so much easier when we used Novell. -----Original Message----- From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of joakim dahl Sent: 22 March 2007 08:51 To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: Desktop shortcuts a simple cmd and using shortcut.exe will also do that can be invoked at logon. http://www.ss64.com/nt/shortcut.html in the script you can use the SET variables so you dont have to hardcode the .lnk to always point to the correct folder (see ProgramFiles=C:\Program, and ProgramFiles=C:\Program Files,windir=C:\WINDOWS, windir=C:\WINNT , when you do use variables dont forget the " and the " Joakim On 3/22/07, Jeremy Saunders <jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yep, scripting is the best, and most versatile too. However, you could use > something like WinINSTALL LE to package it up into an MSI and deploy it via > a Group Policy. I'm not sure if that's good advice to give, but gives you > another option to consider :) > > Cheers. > > Kind regards, > > Jeremy Saunders > Senior Technical Specialist > > Infrastructure Technology Services > (ITS) & Cerulean > Global Technology Services (GTS) > IBM Australia > Level 1, 1060 Hay Street > West Perth WA 6005 > > Postal: PO Box 525, West Perth WA > 6872 > > Visit us at > http://www.ibm.com/services/au/its > > P: +61 8 9261 8412 F: +61 8 9261 8486 > P: (Reception) +61 8 9261 8420 E-mail: > M: TBA jeremy.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > "Darren Mar-Elia" > <darren@xxxxxxxxx > m> To > Sent by: <gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > gptalk-bounce@fre cc > elists.org > Subject > [gptalk] Re: Desktop shortcuts > 22/03/2007 05:25 > AM > > > Please respond to > gptalk@freelists. > org > > > > > > > Really the only way to do this is through scripts (either startup or logon, > depending upon where you want the shortcuts to land). The TechNet scripting > center has some sample vbscript code for creating shortcuts on the fly or > you can simply pre-create the .lnk files and then use scripts to copy them > into the various user profile locations (e.g. desktop, Start Menu, etc.) > where you want them to appear. > > From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Dowdle, Ian > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:19 PM > To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [gptalk] Desktop shortcuts > > Is there a way of using group policies to deploy shortcuts to users > desktops? > > Regards, > Ian Dowdle > PC Operations Manager > School of Computing > University of Teesside > > > > *********************** > You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ > ************************ > -- Best regards Joakim Dahl http://wize.spaces.msn.com msn joakim.dahl@xxxxxxxxx / icq 1596678 *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************ *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************ *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************