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Remove-Item -Recurse -Force &quot;%AppData%\Microsoft\Inter<wbr />net Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\*&quot;<br />
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Remove-Item -Force hklm:\software\Microsoft\W<wbr />indows\Cur<wbr />rentVersio<wbr />n\Explorer<wbr />\Taskband <br />
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Stop-Process -Force -Name &quot;explorer.exe&quot;<br />
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Start-Process explorer.exe
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Thanks for the quick comment, but this is kind of what I am getting this... I got the same thing &nbsp;(I think)when I tried to write it myself... &nbsp;The bat file works like a charm....<br />
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But when I highlight line one and run it I get..<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w33/1110994/error1.jpg" target="_blank" title="First Error (66 KB)"><img alt="First Error" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 748px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w33/1110994/error1.jpg" /></a><br />
The profile comes in off our profile server.. You should be able to see that with the lines I have grayed out... <br />
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And then when I highlight line two, and run I get<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w33/1110995/Error2.jpg" target="_blank" title="Seconf line Error (64 KB)"><img alt="Seconf line Error" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 750px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w33/1110995/Error2.jpg" /></a><br />
Any suggestions or thoughts?
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I believe I got rid of the top error by adding the profle server name and share to the path, but<br />
I am still getting the bottom error.... :o(.
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Ok, let's ensure that it is reading the registry...<br />
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Can you please execute this...<br />
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Get-Item &nbsp; HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\W<wbr />indows\Cur<wbr />rentVersio<wbr />n\Explorer<wbr />\Taskband<br />
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(Let me know the result)
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<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w33/1111111/Get-Item.jpg" target="_blank" title="Get-Item.. (33 KB)"><img alt="Get-Item.." class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 586px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2016/08_w33/1111111/Get-Item.jpg" /></a><br />
That is what I got in return... Before I go on further, I should say, what I originally wanted to get done, I figured out. I originally &nbsp;wanted for a 2012r2 Citrix/RDSH sessions to lock the desktop down for all users... So, I started with classic shell and Group policy and got most of it locked down, but I still had file explorer in the taskbar and I couldn't figure out how to get rid of that and posted to many Microsoft forums and nobody had a good answer... The reason I couldn't use GPO to unpin it, was because it keeps everything from being pinned to the taskbar and we have our companies apps that<br />
we need to pin there (through powershell)... &nbsp;I (FINALLY) found this bat that gets rid of file explorer...<br />
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DEL /F /S /Q /A &quot;%AppData%\Microsoft\Inter<wbr />net Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\*&quot;<br />
REG DELETE HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi<wbr />ndows\Curr<wbr />entVersion<wbr />\Explorer\<wbr />Taskband /F<br />
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe<br />
start explorer.exe<br />
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So what I was originally wanting to do is just put that in our current powershell &nbsp;that pins our companies apps, but it is just as easy to put it in a vbscript that calls the bat first, and then calls<br />
the powershell to pin the apps we want and put the vb in the all users startup folder... &nbsp;Not very elegant or pretty, but it does work...<br />
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This was a pain, as I had many people suggesting powershell scripts that didn't work and other options that didn't work. and I was losing hope that I could get rid of file explorer for every user that logs into Citrix on that machine... Most of the powershells were written for 2008r2 and if I understand it correctly, explorer.exe is pinned to 2012r2 differently...<br />
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Am curious on the powershell, why it was erring out though, for future reference. &nbsp;Thanks for all the help with this.
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Slick... Thanks for all your help on this.
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I tried to convert the below to powershell and had a lot of errors. I obviously am not good at that. Could someone help<br />
me out here?<br />
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DEL /F /S /Q /A &quot;%AppData%\Microsoft\Inter<wbr />net Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\*&quot;REG DELETE <br />
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HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Wi<wbr />ndows\Curr<wbr />entVersion<wbr />\Explorer\<wbr />Taskband /F<br />
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taskkill /f /im explorer.exe<br />
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start explorer.exe
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I tried to convert the below to powershell and had a lot of errors. I obviously am not good at that. Could someone help
me out here?

DEL /F /S /Q /A "%AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\*"REG DELETE 

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Taskband /F

taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

start explorer.exe

Converting a batch file to powershell

Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to the Component Object Model (COM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and Common Information Model (CIM) enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.

Powershell

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