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Users get an icon placed on their desktop at initial logon
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.
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.
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.
The settings work for the icons, but i have the problem, after the initial run the profile directory icon will pinned on the taskbar.
Somebody has the same problem?
Hi!
Yes, I saw this mentioned before here, but I don’t see that happening here. Maybe something about other policy settings, we have only one profile and not allowed to create, but not forced to sign-in using MS account. So, you (and others) have ok with Desktop icons, but problem with pinned ones, we here have contrary – problem with Desktop icons and not with pinned ones, seems to be pattern. But I have no idea, at least for this moment, where the problem lies in.
Terv, Alar.
