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srabago
Copper Contributor
Aug 24, 2023
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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.
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    Kelly_Y
    Aug 29, 2023

    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

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RandomInternetPerson
Copper Contributor
Sep 27, 2023

 The only solution I found right now is to block syncing of .lnk files from OneDrive and SharePoint. This causes some of our users to have a bunch of red x's on their desktop short cuts, but other than that has stopped OneDrive from recreating the shortcut repeatedly. Hopefully they'll sort this out soon. 

srabago 

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vhuang
Copper Contributor
Sep 28, 2023

RandomInternetPerson I wouldn't use this workaround as it might cause syncing issues. Happened to us and we had to unblock .lnk files.

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    JASONPEEL
    Copper Contributor
    Sep 29, 2023
    We've been doing this for a while for some users for *Chrome*.lnk files as we had some users have duplicates of chrome happening for a couple years now. We've changed it so now the policy includes *edge*.lnk and *teams*.lnk for all staff and no issues but calls for the duplicates have pretty much stopped.

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