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Powershell script against list of computers

I want to run a script against a list of computers in order to remove some shortcuts from the public desktops. question is two fold- top set is win7 bottom is XP. are both of those correct? I could not determine the working "public" variable for XP.

second is how do write this to pull from a text file with a list of computer names?

Remove-Item -Path "$env:public\Desktop\Microsoft Access 2010.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "$env:public\Desktop\Microsoft Excel 2010.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "$env:public\Desktop\Microsoft Outlook 2010.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "$env:public\Desktop\Microsoft Word 2010.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "$env:public\Desktop\adobe reader XI.lnk"

Remove-Item -Path "c:\all users\Desktop\Microsoft Access 2010.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "c:\all users\Desktop\Microsoft Excel 2010.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "c:\all users\Desktop\Microsoft Outlook 2010.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "c:\all users\Desktop\Microsoft Word 2010.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "c:\all users\Desktop\adobe reader XI.lnk"

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awesome, so that seems to work well. now what if I wanted to remove an all user start menu program too? do I just add in those paths too?
else {
$path = "\\$pc\c$\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Microsoft Office"

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Everything beneath that path? If it contains subfolders, you'll need to include the -recurse parameter

GreshAssoc

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No subfolders there. Would only be the office programs lnk's again. Idea is to get them of the desktop and the programs menu

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In that case, I think you can just perform a remove-item and specify *.lnk for the files, using the -recurse parameter. That will remove and and all shortcuts underneath that path...

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Glad I could help - thanks for the grade. :^)