Adding an Icon to each profile

[Guest]

Hi all

I have 40 tensient users who move around a collection of workstations. They
all conect to our Terminal Server and so use the rdpcli Remote Desktop
client. The problem is, each PC they come to they need to create a desktop
shortcut to the client and the program isn't always on the Program List from
the Start button.

Can I create or amend a GP that would allow me to publish this icon for
every local profile on each of those 40 pcs? It seems very unwieldy right
now. Any suggestions would be really appreciated

Thanks!

 

[Mark Heitbrink [MVP]]

Hi,

[...]
Can I create or amend a GP that would allow me to publish this icon for
every local profile on each of those 40 pcs? It seems very unwieldy right
now. [...]

There is no CSE to deploy links or singel files.
I think the easiest way to do it is in an login script.
Create a .lnk in your netlogon or any other readable UNC path and
just deploy it like:

All in one row:
if /i not exist "%userprofile%\desktop\therdp.lnk"
copy C:\temp\therdp.lnk "%userprofile%\desktop"

Mark

 

[Guest]

Hi Mark

thanks for your reply.

I was just going to put a cmd line in a logon script, along the lines of:
start c:\progra~1\remote~1\mstsc.exe

But I think your suggestion is better. Thanks Mark

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Hi,

[...]
Can I create or amend a GP that would allow me to publish this icon for
every local profile on each of those 40 pcs? It seems very unwieldy right
now. [...]

There is no CSE to deploy links or singel files.
I think the easiest way to do it is in an login script.
Create a .lnk in your netlogon or any other readable UNC path and
just deploy it like:

All in one row:
if /i not exist "%userprofile%\desktop\therdp.lnk"
copy C:\temp\therdp.lnk "%userprofile%\desktop"

Mark
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[Mark Heitbrink [MVP]]

Hi,

I was just going to put a cmd line in a logon script, along the lines of:
start c:\progra~1\remote~1\mstsc.exe

So, then it works like the startup programs.
If you want the users only to be able to use the rdp client,
there is a way to define the mstsc.exe as a shell.
Then the mstsc.exe starts instead of explorer.exe

Mark

 

[Guest]

Can you tell me how to do this? I either want to have mstsc.exe load at
login or let them select an icon that doesn't ask for the computer name, it
just does a silent login to the terminal server.

Any help would be great!

Thanks
Wendy Cranford
Network Manager
ICRC

 

[Mark Heitbrink [MVP]]

Hi,

Can you tell me how to do this?

User conf\adm templates\system
"Custom user interface"

I either want to have mstsc.exe load at login or let them
select an icon that doesn't ask for the computer name, it
just does a silent login to the terminal server.

If you change the shell to mstsc.exe, there is no longer
a destop icon, the explorer.exe is replaced.
If the users don´t have to work with other programs localy
ist could be a way to this. But after changing the shel, they
have to press ctrl-alt-del to logout from system because there
is no startmenu.

Mark

 

[Norbert Fehlauer [MVP]]

Mark Heitbrink [MVP] wrote:
Hi,

If you change the shell to mstsc.exe, there is no longer
a destop icon, the explorer.exe is replaced.
If the users don´t have to work with other programs localy
ist could be a way to this.

Otherwise Citrix could be a solution for the OP.

Bye
Norbert