Add/Remove Desktop Icons Remotely

[James S. Borg]

Is there a way for me to remotely Add and Remove desktop Shortcuts from the
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop folder on Windows XP Desktops.

We are an AD Environment Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers, Windows XP Desktops.
All users run as restricted users.

We have a shortcut in the all users desktop that we need to change. Our
users cannot change it themselves because they are restricted and I would
like to avoid visiting every workstation to make the change. We also would
like to include a custom icon for the shortcut, this icon would ideally be
placed in the C:\Windows\System32 directory.

I thought that we may be able to do this with a logon script but I am being
told by our network engineer that login scripts can not run with the
necessary credentials to perform this task.

Any Ideas?

Thanks
James Borg

 

[Jason Tan]

Hello,

Thanks for posting!

I understand that you want to manage the desktop icon on the workstations
in a domain.

Based on my experience I suggest you use folder redirection domain policy
to redirect the desktop of each workstations and manage the folder on the
network share by administrator.

Please refer to the following article:

232692 Folder Redirection feature in Windows
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;232692>

Hope the information helps.

Best Regards,

Jason Tan

Microsoft Online Partner Support
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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| Is there a way for me to remotely Add and Remove desktop Shortcuts from
the
| C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop folder on Windows XP Desktops.
|
| We are an AD Environment Windows 2000 and 2003 Servers, Windows XP
Desktops.
| All users run as restricted users.
|
| We have a shortcut in the all users desktop that we need to change. Our
| users cannot change it themselves because they are restricted and I would
| like to avoid visiting every workstation to make the change. We also would
| like to include a custom icon for the shortcut, this icon would ideally be
| placed in the C:\Windows\System32 directory.
|
| I thought that we may be able to do this with a logon script but I am
being
| told by our network engineer that login scripts can not run with the
| necessary credentials to perform this task.
|
| Any Ideas?
|
| Thanks
| James Borg
|
|
|
|
|