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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
powershell script to block link creation and perform cleaning. It must be executed on your entire fleet
New-Item -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" -Force
Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" -Name "EdgeWorkspacesEnabled" -Value 0 -Type DWORD
cd /
cd users
foreach ($item in Get-ChildItem)
{
Write-Host $file
$Folder = "\users\$item\OneDrive - *******\bureau"
if (Test-Path -Path $Folder) {
Set-Location $Folder
try {del "Travail - Edge*"}Catch{ "An error occurred." }
}
cd /users
}
New-Item -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" -Force
Set-ItemProperty -Path "Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" -Name "EdgeWorkspacesEnabled" -Value 0 -Type DWORD
cd /
cd users
foreach ($item in Get-ChildItem)
{
Write-Host $file
$Folder = "\users\$item\OneDrive - *******\bureau"
if (Test-Path -Path $Folder) {
Set-Location $Folder
try {del "Travail - Edge*"}Catch{ "An error occurred." }
}
cd /users
}
This did nothing for me sadly.
- This surprises me, we applied this strategy to 27 of our Multi PC sessions. Before this update we had a maximum of 86,000 EDGE shortcuts on desktops.
Since then no problems have been reported to us.