Browse to the file using UNC's, create a shortcut on your desktop, move this shortcut to the LAN where everyone can get to it (\Netlogon or a common share depending on your environment). In your login script copy the link to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop. If using a.CMD or .BAT instead of VBSCRIPT / KIX etc for login scripts you may need to make the command copy to c:\docume~1\alluse~1\desktop as .CMD and .BAT treat values after spaces as switches. I don't know if some fashion of " (CHR 34) can be used in .CMD / .BAT to use long file names with spaces but the location above will work.
Making the shortcut use a UNC instead of drive letter will avoid any problems with different people/departments having different drive mappings. If they all have similar mappings you can obviously create the shortcut using a drive letter. Dave Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial 503-675-5510 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Staines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:39 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Windows shortcuts in a script. Windows 2000 Pro -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lum, David Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 3:36 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: RE: Windows shortcuts in a script. Which OS are the clients? Dave Lum - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Network Specialist - Textron Financial 503-675-5510 -----Original Message----- From: Michael Staines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:25 PM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Windows shortcuts in a script. I have an excel file that is accessed by a lot of people. The file is A read-only, but is change weekly. I have placed the file on a server where all users have access, but I don't want to manually create a shortcut on all the users desktops. Is there a way I can script the creation of the shortcut, or right a script that will "copy" a shortcut to the users desktop? I'm pretty sure in forgetting something obvious here, but I cant remember what it is. Thanks Mike ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
