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Maintaining desktop shortcuts after GPO start menu applied on TS server
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I have a Server 2008 TS server with a GPO on a server 2008 DC created to lock it down and use redirection. I have My Docs, Desktop, and Start Menu redirection enabled pointing to my file server. For My Docs and Desktop each person has their own root folder. For Start menu everyone is pointed to the same one so they can only see the same programs. Right now, on the desktop after the GPO is applied are the desktop shortcuts i created in the Public Desktop folder and everyone can see them when they log in and cannot delete them. Now, my problem is that in order for me to make users see the programs they can only on the Start Menu i have to apply the "Remove common progams fron start menu" GPO and once i do and user logs in it works like a charm and they have a restricted start menu BUT, all my Desktop shortcuts from Public Desktop are now gone but still under that folder. Apparently the above setting made them go away. So what I want to do is keep the Start Menu the way it is and have the Public Desktop still showing. If it cant work, i have to create the shortcuts for every user in their redirected Desktop folder. Any ideas? Thanks,
I have a Server 2008 TS server with a GPO on a server 2008 DC created to lock it down and use redirection. I have My Docs, Desktop, and Start Menu redirection enabled pointing to my file server. For My Docs and Desktop each person has their own root folder. For Start menu everyone is pointed to the same one so they can only see the same programs. Right now, on the desktop after the GPO is applied are the desktop shortcuts i created in the Public Desktop folder and everyone can see them when they log in and cannot delete them. Now, my problem is that in order for me to make users see the programs they can only on the Start Menu i have to apply the "Remove common progams fron start menu" GPO and once i do and user logs in it works like a charm and they have a restricted start menu BUT, all my Desktop shortcuts from Public Desktop are now gone but still under that folder. Apparently the above setting made them go away. So what I want to do is keep the Start Menu the way it is and have the Public Desktop still showing. If it cant work, i have to create the shortcuts for every user in their redirected Desktop folder. Any ideas? Thanks,
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Hi DrUltima do you have any examples?
Sorry... Was in training this week and had limited access to EE. Would you prefer your login scripts to be in a batch file or in VBScript?
Justin
Justin
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havent worked much with vbscript so batch file might be good or if you can give both and i can try both? Thanks!!
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