creating shortcuts

[DeadEyes]

Does anyone know is it possible (and if so how) to set up particular shortcut on the desktop for all users in a domain, perhaps using group policies or something.

[Ideas Man]

Do you still want them to have their own desktops or a shared desktop?

[DeadEyes]

I would like the users to keep their own desktop. Whats happening is I moving applications to a new server and I want to change the users shortcuts to various apps that are on the server, but I'm lazy and I don't want to have to go to each computer and do it manually.

[Ideas Man]

The only way you can do it with group policy is by redirecting folders. However, to do what you want would require all the users to have the same desktop, which is not what you want.

What you could do I suggest is create the shortcuts and place them in a share on your server and then in a logon script, run a batch file that copies the shortcuts to the user's desktop, replacing the existing ones.

That's about as good as it gets w/o logging them all on and manually doing it.

[DeadEyes]

Thanks Ideas Man thats the route I was heading, it's always nice to get confirmation.