Group Policy to add shortcut to Desktop 1

[sham14]

I am trying to add a shortcut for selected users desktops for a word document on the network - Can this be done by Group Policy or any other way without me going around to the individual machines to do it - I do not want desktops to be very same for all users - just want to add a shortcut.

Thanks

 

[btnet]

Plenty of ways to do this via a script. You could use a logon or logoff script activated through group policy COMPUTER or USER settings or a logon script for the domain user account.

A simple batch file perhaps:

IF NOT EXIST "c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\test.lnk"

COPY "x:\shortcuts\test.lnk" "c:\Documents and settings\All Users\Desktop\"

OR for a specific user use a variable..

IF NOT EXIST "c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Desktop\test.lnk"

COPY "x:\shortcuts\test.lnk" "c:\Documents and settings\%username%\Desktop\"