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'Work - Edge' Desktop Shortcut Reappears after deleting and reopening Edge Browser
End user removes the spam Desktop shortcut labeled 'Work - Edge': Once they reopen the Edge browser, the app shortcut reappears.
Hi Everyone - The fix for this was released to Microsoft Edge Beta Version 117.0.2045.12. If you have access to the Beta Channel, please test and let us know if the issue has been resolved.
The fix should also be included in the next Stable release, which should be later this week if there are no delays. Thanks!
-Kelly
The biggest issue is that you have to clean this up on every pc the user has signed into either by deleting the shortcuts or deleting the users profile. If you miss 1 pc, the shortcuts will just reupload.
You can push a policy through Intune, look for "Exclude specific kinds of files from being uploaded", you can put in filenames that Onedrive will not sync..so can put in something like *Work - Edge*.lnk.
You will still need to clean up the shortcuts on the pcs though, but once the policy is applied, they at least will not sync back up. I made an app thats available to our users that just runs a ps script that deletes these shortcuts from their desktop. You could do something like this, maybe even just run a ps script running as system that goes through all the user profiles deleting these shortcuts.
Hope this helps.
You can push a policy through Intune, look for "Exclude specific kinds of files from being uploaded", you can put in filenames that Onedrive will not sync..so can put in something like *Work - Edge*.lnk.
You will still need to clean up the shortcuts on the pcs though, but once the policy is applied, they at least will not sync back up. I made an app thats available to our users that just runs a ps script that deletes these shortcuts from their desktop. You could do something like this, maybe even just run a ps script running as system that goes through all the user profiles deleting these shortcuts.
Hope this helps.
Thank you so much. I will look into the exclude policy.
I don't know powershell but I might get one from colleagues from other schools maybe.
I'll first try it this way.
Really appreciate your help!
I don't know powershell but I might get one from colleagues from other schools maybe.
I'll first try it this way.
Really appreciate your help!