Copy a shortcut to desktop at startup

[Guest]

I very simply want to copy a shortcut to:
c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop
Using a STARTUP script I am getting "access denied"...but I thought startup
scripts ran as 'system' which has write access to the 'desktop' folder???

How can I copy it another way?
Folder Redirection is not an option.

 

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

Does the file already exist in that location and is it read only?

Ray at work

 

[Guest]

No, it's just a shortcut to a program.
I am using a simple .bat file in the startup scripts part of GPO.
xcopy \\server\folder\file.lnk c:\docume~1\alluse~1\desktop /c /q /y

the \\server\folder share has administrators, domain users and computers FC
permissions. The bat file runs but errors with access denied. In windows
logged in as admin running the file manually it works fine. Our users are
highly restricted.

thanks 4 any advice

 

[Guest]

have you tried using the "runas" command?

No, it's just a shortcut to a program.
I am using a simple .bat file in the startup scripts part of GPO.
xcopy \\server\folder\file.lnk c:\docume~1\alluse~1\desktop /c /q /y

the \\server\folder share has administrators, domain users and computers FC
permissions. The bat file runs but errors with access denied. In windows
logged in as admin running the file manually it works fine. Our users are
highly restricted.

thanks 4 any advice

 

[Ray Costanzo [MVP]]

A startup script runs under the local system account, so it doesn't have
access to a network share that needs a domain account to authenticate.

Ray at work