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Users get an icon placed on their desktop at initial logon
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
}
}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.- MSAlfMar 06, 2020Brass Contributor
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.- Jimi-DMar 09, 2020Copper Contributor
Hello MSAlf
Definetly needs to be a GPO setting, inline with just about every other Microsoft application. In theory we should be able to have the generic MSI, and deploy with no customisations -especially now on a 6 week release cycle.
All customisations should be able to be done in policy, or at least via a registry setting.