Rename IE desktop shortcut in Win2k/XP w/ login script or GPO

Hello,
Your question is not very clear to me, basically what you want to do ? Do you want to change shortcut name "shortcut to Internet Explorer" to something else by a gpo or script? or You want to hide IE icon from the desktop ?

Here you can control IE behaviours and settings for your users by GPO >
User Configuration | Windows Settings | Internet Explorer Maintenance
User Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Internet Explorer

http://rcpmag.com/features/article.aspx?editorialsid=520
http://www.securitydocs.com/library/3198/3

To hide IE icon from the desktop >
User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
System Key: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
CreateValue Name: NoInternetIcon > Data Type: REG_DWORD (DWORD Value) > Value Data: (0 = disabled, 1 = enabled)

Regards,
Engineer_Dell

And if you want to hide IE shortcuts from everywhere I mean from desktop, Program Menu and where ever
else they may be. Then try this,

Windows 2000:
"%SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe"
"%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll",OCInstall HideIE (There is a space between the "" "" ...rundll32.exe" "%SystemRoot%\...)

Windows XP:
"%SystemRoot%\System32\shmgrate.exe" OCInstallHideIE

To show the icons again change HideIE to ShowIE

Hope this helps,
Engineer_Dell

I was about to Publish this article at MS Support site :) before I publish there please have a look at this - you just need this article:

NOTE: In below example you can rename IE Shortcut and then create MSI. This MSI will be deployed using Group Policy or run it on all computers centrally using PSEXEC tool from www.sysinternals.com.

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Deploying Windows Components Configuration and Application-Specific Configuration using Group Policy – Software Installation snap-in or manually

Some windows settings such as Power Options, Control Panel applets configuration, system configuration, hardware configuration etc are not so easy to deploy from Group Policy – software installation snap-in.

Let’s say you want to change Power Options configuration on more than 100 computers in your network. Manual process includes more human-power and this would take more than two days if you work 12 hours a day to deploy these settings because there is no such setting in Group Policy for Power Options.

WinInstLE is your answer!

M$ supplies Windows 2000 CD with valuable third party tools. If you have idea I am talking about VALUEADDED folder on the CD. You will find a utility called "WinInstLE". This utility is provided as a free tool to convert EXE packages to MSI. This is not the only purpose of this tool. You can also use this tool to create a MSI of Configuration Sets.

What you can do you can deploy these settings using Group Policy. You only need to create an MSI package for this configuration. For this purpose we will be using WinInstLE.

WinInstLE can be used to do the following:

1.      To create a MSI package.
2.      To know the registry settings updated by an application or Windows Components.
3.      To know the files installed by an application or Windows Components.
4.      You need to deploy settings changed by an application to all computers.
5.      Application update is ready but you need to install them on more than 1 computer.

For example, I will be using three configurations here:

1.      I have already deployed an application on more than 450 computers in my network and I need to update this application’s DLL files using regsvr32.exe command. Vendor of this application has supplied me the DLL (Application Modules) to update this application and with an instructions note given by him.

2.      Another configuration I need to make is to change Power Options as follows:
            On Power Schemes tab I need to change the followings for                   all computers
                  Power Schemes: Portable/Laptop
            And on the Hibernate tab
                  Enable Hibernation

3. An application running on my network requires a change in configuration but manufacturer hasn’t supplied the registry settings for this change. I also don’t know the registry keys.

You need to take above three actions on all computers.

This is how you do it using WinInstLE

WinInstLE can be found on Windows 2000 CD at
\VALUEADDED\3RDPARTY\MGMT\WINSINTLE

You need a workstation/computer a workstation running the application for which you want to change the configuration.

Now create the MSI:

1. First you need to install the WinInstLE software from above folder from Windows 2000 CD.

WinInstLE software has two parts: Before Snapshot and After Snapshot.

Before Snapshot will take a snapshot of your system before you make any changes to system or install any application. After snapshot will record the changes you made or changed by an application you installed after running before snapshot.

Steps: -

1. Go to a client machine.

2. Install WININSTLE.

3. Run Before Snapshot.

4. At this stage it will ask you to run an application. Do not run anything here and skip the step or quit from here.

5. Now make necessary changes to your client machine you want to deploy through Group Policy

For my configuration I will make changes as necessary:
1.      for case 1:
a.      Insert DLL CD supplied by vendor
b.      Create a folder named C:\AppDLL on this computer
c.      Copy DLLs from CD to C:\AppDLL.
d.      Create a batch file named appdll.bat
e.      Put the commands in this batch file:
      Regsvr32.exe /s c:\AppDll\dll1
      Regsvr32.exe /s c:\AppDll\dll2
      Regsvr32.exe /s c:\AppDll\dll3
f.      Save this file.
g.      Run it from command prompt and all DLLs are registered successfully with this application.

2.      for case 2:
      a. I open up Control Panel > Power Options and make necessary       changes.

3.      for case 3:
      a. Run application > and make necessary changes you       want.

6. After making necessary changes in computer restart the system.

7. Now run WININSTLE and select *After Snapshot* option.

8. After Snapshot will record all the changes you made.

9. This MSI file will be saved in the location or path you specified while *Before Snapshot*.

10. Now you deploy this MSI file or you can say "Configuration Sets" using Software Installation snap-in in Group Policy.

This MSI package will let you set the configuration: -

_For all users
_For selected user’s
_For groups (using filtering in Group Policy)

When Win logon processes GPOs it will gather all the information supplied in MSI package and deploy (copy batch file, register them, set application configuration) them on all computers.

Deploying configuration manually if you don’t have domain security model implemented

Let’s say you don’t have Domain Security model implemented in your environment and you want to implement these settings using a batch file. You can use the PSEXEC tool from www.sysinternals.com to do so.

NOTE: -

Microsoft Windows Operating System makes changes (for few Windows components) to its big repository----the REGISTRY.

Let us know.

SystmProg

Hi,

I found a registry value with the Internet Explorer shortcut name.
The registry value is the following:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}

You can use this script to change the value to the "suggestedName" value on each computer. You can run this in the logon script of every user and that will change all the I.E. shortcuts name:

const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002

strComputer = "."
suggestedName = "My own name"
Set StdOut = WScript.StdOut

Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
 
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CLSID\{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"
strValueName = ""
oReg.GetExpandedStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue

Wscript.echo "You had " & strValue

oReg.SetExpandedStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName,suggestedName
oReg.GetExpandedStringValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue
Wscript.echo "Now you have " & strValue

I hope you find this solution useful.

Regards,

Rafael Calvo