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FreekBloemhof
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Aug 22, 2019

Users get an icon placed on their desktop at initial logon

Is it possible to disable this?
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MSAlf
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Feb 21, 2020

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.

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FreekBloemhof
Brass Contributor
Mar 04, 2020

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":true

 

I 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
}
}
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    MSAlf
    Brass Contributor
    Mar 06, 2020

    FreekBloemhof

    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.

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      MSAlf
      Brass Contributor
      Mar 06, 2020

      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.

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        MSAlf
        Brass Contributor
        Mar 06, 2020

        Well, when in user Edge directory is already present empty file “First Run” then Desktop shortcut (in my case) is not created when Edge is initially launched. Despite master preference file is there or not, seems to. Not ideal, I prefer certainly working policy setting, but … I can manage that as we need to run clean (~ newly created) profile for certain web site to access. Sure, this (sort of) solution does not work when user does login and Edge default profile is not there or user launching Edge from usual (system) shortcut and default profile is not there. But, for default profile we can later to remove Desktop shortcut and it will not reappear. But, as said, working in every meaning policy setting is certainly preferable. Perhaps there is one, but I can’t find it out. 😃
        I’ll keep testing.
        Alar.

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