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Users get an icon placed on their desktop at initial logon
Hi!
Any way to get rid of this Desktop-fitted icon? I mean, yes, during Edge setup icon is not placed at Public Desktop using master_preferences, but user still gets icon created when Edge profile just created. Or I missed something here? Sure, there is a way to set some script running at user logon to remove link, but … hopefully there is a better (GPO) way to accomplish this?
Terv, Alar.
- FreekBloemhofMar 04, 2020Brass Contributor
I am now using the following settings in my master_preferences (which I deploy on every update):
"create_all_shortcuts":false,
"do_not_create_any_shortcuts":true,
"do_not_create_desktop_shortcut":true,
"do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut":true,
"do_not_create_taskbar_shortcut":trueI am not seeing a desktop shortcut beeing created for now,
but the new behavior is that there is an icon pinned to the taskbar.After adding ""do_not_create_any_shortcuts":true" is seems fixed.
It must be in the "distribution" part of the master_preferences file. My complete file is this:{ "distribution":{ "msi":true, "system_level":true, "verbose_logging":true, "msi_product_id":"2D0AE8FB-D52E-3D51-845F-FF1A7FFBB09E", "allow_downgrade":false, "create_all_shortcuts":false, "do_not_create_any_shortcuts":true, "do_not_create_desktop_shortcut":true, "do_not_create_quick_launch_shortcut":true, "do_not_create_taskbar_shortcut":true } }- MSAlfMar 06, 2020Brass Contributor
Hi and thanks!
Yes, adding "do_not_create_any_shortcuts":true prevents creating Desktop shortcut for user when no profile present, initial running of Edge. Good. (Before that other three settings didn’t stop this to happen.)
More thanks, Alar.- MSAlfMar 06, 2020Brass Contributor
Still … I was too hasty, after several trying starting Edge with profile (directory) not existing it still does create Desktop shortcut. Using 80.0.361.62. And master preferences as You pointed.
Alar.