Re: install ie shortcuts

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Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:46:28 +1000

> Looking to use an ipf to install an ie shortcut on all users\desktop. This way whoever logs into the desktop gets the icon and the script doesnt fail because the account it was compiled on is the only account it will run on.
>
> In sms installer you need a variable for C:\documents and settings\all users\desktop to accomplish this but have no clue what it is. Then there is the reg piece. Here is rod trents example and he claims this is easy but doesnt account for the above. Any help on this would be great.

If you start a new package with the Installation Expert (View >
Installation Expert), and then switch back to the Script view (View >
Script Editor), towards the end you'll see a number of "Get Registry
Key" lines which set those variables for desktop directories in the
script, along with start menu directories, etc.

If you double-click on each script line, you'll also see where these
things in the registry. They live under
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders] But for All Users folders, they're in exactly the same place,
only under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, and they tend to have "Common..." in
front of the name, e.g. Common Desktop

So anyhow, you just want to cut & paste the line that sets CDESKTOP
(common desktop) instead of DESKTOP. You end up with something like this:

Document Type: IPF
item: Global
   Version=6.0
   Flags=01000100
   Languages=0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   LanguagesList=English
   Default Language=2
   Japanese Font Name=MS Gothic
   Japanese Font Size=10
   Start Gradient=0 0 255
   End Gradient=0 0 0
   Windows Flags=00010100000000000010110001010010
   Message Font=MS Sans Serif
   Font Size=8
   Disk Filename=SETUP
   Patch Flags=0000000000000001
   Patch Threshold=85
   Patch Memory=4000
   FTP Cluster Size=20
end
item: Get Registry Key Value
   Variable=CDESKTOPDIR
   Key=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
   Value Name=Common Desktop
   Flags=00000100
end
item: Edit INI File
   Pathname=%CDESKTOPDIR%\anyurl.url
   Settings=[Internetshortcut]
   Settings=URL=http://www.anyurl.com/
   Settings=
end

N.B. There's one location not in the default script that I use a lot -
APPDATADIR. e.g. You could use this to put a shortcut on the Quick
Launch bar.

Document Type: IPF
item: Global
   Version=6.0
   Flags=01000100
   Languages=0 0 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
   LanguagesList=English
   Default Language=2
   Japanese Font Name=MS Gothic
   Japanese Font Size=10
   Start Gradient=0 0 255
   End Gradient=0 0 0
   Windows Flags=00010100000000000010110001010010
   Message Font=MS Sans Serif
   Font Size=8
   Disk Filename=SETUP
   Patch Flags=0000000000000001
   Patch Threshold=85
   Patch Memory=4000
   FTP Cluster Size=20
end
item: Get Registry Key Value
   Variable=APPDATADIR
   Key=Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
   Value Name=AppData
   Flags=00000010
end
item: Edit INI File
   Pathname=%APPDATADIR%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\anyurl.url
   Settings=[Internetshortcut]
   Settings=URL=http://www.anyurl.com/
   Settings=
end

Hope this all helps...

Luke Morey

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