Using GPO to create a shortcut on users desktops?

Pardon my ignorance all, but any help in how to create a shortcut on multiple
user desktops via AD GPO object would be greatly appreciated...

I Basically need to create this shortcut on 50 users desktops via win23k
server AD... I am not that familar with the distribution features of AD...

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" -new "http://websrv/conet/"

 

Well, I supposed that you could create A) the physical shortcut file,
and B) a logon script that would check for that physical shortcut on
the user's desktop, and if it didn't exist, could copy it from a
network share.

I would picture it something like this:

"Shortcut.lnk" would be the filename of your shortcut for this example.
It is located in the shared folder "Shortcuts" on the file server
"Server01". The UNC path to this file would be
\\Server01\Shortcuts\Shortcut.lnk

I tested this script. All you have to do is save it into a script of
your own, and create a policy in your domain for the specific objects
you want it to affect. If you want EVERYONE to have the shortcut, make
it apply to your domain or forest. Hopefully you're using Group Policy
Management Console (GPMC). It makes life easier.

Begin Login Script:

@echo off
cls
if exist "%userprofile%\desktop\Shortcut.lnk" goto ending
net use s: \\Server01\Shortcuts > nul
copy s:\Shortcut.lnk "%userprofile%\desktop" > nul
echo It wasn't there but is now.
net use s: /delete > nul

:ending
echo.
echo Done.

End Login Script

That's it. It checks, and if the shortcut isn't there, it'll put it
there, as long as a share is set up with the shortcut available to all
authenticated users...

Good luck, and let me know how that turns out for you.

Brian Tate, MCP