all user shortcuts

[Chris McKeever]

Occassionally when I am setting up a shortcut and placing it into the
c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop folder, the shortcut will
appear on every users desktop, but A) it wont be accessible B) the
icon comes up as the generic missing icon

I can navigate into the c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop
folder and the link is there, but it doesnt work, and the icon is
wrong. Right clicking and getting the properties it says 'shortcut is
invlaid', running the program either does nothing or returns the
message 'path is invlaid'. Running these same links from the
administrator account works.

Form these accounts, I can also navigate to the target program and
execute that without any errors.

Any ideas as to why this is happening and how to resolve? Thanks

cgmckeever

 

[Kelly]

Hi Chris,

See if this applies in your case:

Shortcuts are broken: #821557

Desktop Shortcut to the 3 1/2 Inch Disk Drive or to the CD-ROM Drive Does
Not Work
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;824143

 

[Chris McKeever]

Kelly - thanks for your response.

Looking that over, it seems the MS does not recommend that at all, and
you actually have to call them for the patch. They recommend waiting
for the next SP, I am not even sure if the two issues coincide.

This is so bizzare. I had forgetten to mention that if I make the
shortcuts in a standard user account, and then copy that profile to
the default user, everything works as well. It just happens when I
put something into the ALL USER/desktop

The link goes bad, the icon disappears and it is just left with the
generic icon. I have had some success with this, but it is very
sporatic and I can not seem to find a pattern.

One link is a shortcut to a \program files\program\ directory, which
I had opened up all permissions to. I can get into that directory
from the standard user, run the program, but the shortcut fails.

The other is a .pif (msdos shortcut) to a network msdos batch file.
Can go directly to the network/drive and run it, just can not run it
from the link on the desktop.

Both wont run, and loose thier icon.

These all work from the administrator account. Is there some other
permission that I may be missing somewhere?

Thanks!

cgmckeever

 

[Kelly]

Most welcome, Chris. Will try and re-create these for you. Good luck in
the meantime.