Re: Incorporating desktop shortcuts in to an unattended install

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From: mike (mike_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 07:05:05 -0800

> Hi,
>
> There is no registry entry for actual physical elements like files and
> shortcuts (which are just link files). Therefore unless you can build
> it into the Unattended install script to copy it from somewhere, I am
> not sure how you would do this. I don’t use unattended installs. I

You can integrate any file in to a Windows 2000 installation so copying the
necessary files isn't a problem. Would you know how to do this if you knew
where the files are located locally? ...because this isn't a problem. If
you can include a registry hack for a shortcut pointing to a file that's
statically put on every machine that would be SUPER! Let me know, thanks!

> image my machines so they are all pre-done exactly as I like them.

Therein lies the problem with having many machines with many different
hardware configurations!

>
> There is a registry key for the Default User but that just controls
> the "default" profile and still doesn’t include shortcuts included
> in All Users.
>
> How is the software installed on the machine? Are you using RIS? Are
> you using Roaming profiles?

No RIS and no Roaming profiles. I'm thinking I can 'generically' create a
shortcut and then copy it over to the AllUsers profile in the last phase of
the install... we'll see!

>
> Cheers,
>
> Lara
>
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