Desktop Shortcut Wizard - Change Shortcut location
Working with the Desktop Shortcut Wizard, and so far have the shortcut I want, pushing out no problem. However I want the shortcut to be placed in:
C:\Users\Public\Desktop
Right now it pushes the shortcut to whatever user is signed into the system.
I would rather have it stored in the location above, as the shortcut in question is temporary..and needs to be deleted at some point (which I will also script). We cannot rely on staff to do this, which may leave them clicking on a short cut that is no longer valid.
Any help would be great..hopefully it is something simple.
C:\Users\Public\Desktop
Right now it pushes the shortcut to whatever user is signed into the system.
I would rather have it stored in the location above, as the shortcut in question is temporary..and needs to be deleted at some point (which I will also script). We cannot rely on staff to do this, which may leave them clicking on a short cut that is no longer valid.
Any help would be great..hopefully it is something simple.
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Posted by:
GillySpy
12 years ago
Where does your script copy it to now? Is it relying on a relative location? I see no reason why it couldn't put it there. Do you have details on your script?
Posted by:
hutcha4113
12 years ago
Currently the shortcut goes to my user profile (testing with my account) - so C:\Users\<username>\Desktop.
Here is the programming in the script:
Launch “$(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR)\ShortcutCreator.exe†with params “ -location=â€ÂUsers\Public\Desktop“ -name=â€ÂShortcut Name“ -target=â€ÂC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe“ -startin=â€Â“â€Â.
The item in Bold/Italics/Underlined, is where I attempted to make the change. Originally just had "-location="Desktop".
Here is the programming in the script:
Launch “$(KACE_DEPENDENCY_DIR)\ShortcutCreator.exe†with params “ -location=â€ÂUsers\Public\Desktop“ -name=â€ÂShortcut Name“ -target=â€ÂC:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe“ -startin=â€Â“â€Â.
The item in Bold/Italics/Underlined, is where I attempted to make the change. Originally just had "-location="Desktop".
Posted by:
GillySpy
12 years ago
Darn, now you can tell how much i use that exe. Well, it's a script so you can add a task to copy it from the current user's folder to the all user's folder? Or create your own shortcut copy script that has it zipped or something.
Posted by:
hutcha4113
12 years ago
Guess I will end up using a batch file, via scripting. I can create/transfer the shortcut to where I want using that method. Strange though...I would have thought the built in tool would have that flexibility. Maybe I am putting the parameters in wrong....but each variation I put in...did not make a difference...almost like the -location switch does nothing at all.
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