Delivering Startmenu Icons

[Colin Edwards]

Delivered icons..

We have the need to deploy section based shortcuts to Windows users on our network. These shortcuts are to be delivered in a folder in the start menu. So far I have automated the process with login script (by group policy) and got the shortcuts to the users XP desktops but struggling with the start menu part. I can get the icons to deliver anywhere but can’t create the directory in the users start menu

I have tried a MKDIR %userprofile%\Start Menu\new folder and other command like it in the script but the folder is not created..

Anyone know an easy way to do this?

Thanks
CE

[T1z3R]

try sending them to 'all users' rather than specific users.
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[Hetzer]

Group email them with a readme telling them how to place them themselves.
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[chrisw]

Not wishing to state the obvious, but you do know that if there is a space in a file/folder path, the whole path has to be encapsulated in double-quotes (shift+2)?

Also, I can't remember, but who runs the login script? Is it executed as a local system account or by the user who is logging in? If it's the later then you need to make sure they have the permission to create the folders.

[Neorion]

pretty decent VBS in here for raping

https://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Visual_Basic/VB_Script/Q_25111545.html
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[G]

You did try putting it inside the programs directory in the start menu directory, yes?

[djr]

[smegbrains]

Sounds like you're doing it with the copy command in a batch file, you should try xcopy as there's no faffing about with mkdir then.

If you use %userprofile% in a startup script it will fail as there is no user logged in, so you can only copy to all users unless you run it as a login script.

Put the shortcuts in required folders into \\server\share\shortcuts\ and make sure if you're running as a startup script that "Authenticated Users" is in the access list with read only access.

All Users (Startup or login script):

@Echo Off
xcopy "\\server\share\shortcuts\*" "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\" /s /y /q

Single User (Login script only):

@Echo Off
xcopy "\\server\share\shortcuts\*" "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\" /s /y /q

That should do trick.
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[Colin Edwards]

I can get the icons to appear (on the desktop so far with VB).. I just cant create a folder in the start menu for the icons..

CE

[Colin Edwards]

Using VB scripts to action text files with the icon type and action..

Attached are the VB and txt script examples (vb renamed)

Thanks

CE

[Colin Edwards]

Any more ideas?