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Bronze Contributor

Mar 14, 2022

Solved

deleting a shortcut on desktop via intune

Hi all, How do I delete a shortcut via intune? I have created a shortcut using powershell but I had to update the URL which seems to have broke the shortcut so need to delete it and redeploy...

Mobile Application Management (MAM)

mobile device management (mdm)

Software Management

Harm_Veenstra

Mar 15, 2022

AB21805 Changed it to handle both situations:

Detection:

$desktop = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")
if (Test-Path -Path "$($desktop)\Wifi Connect.lnk") {
    write-Host Found shortcut
    exit 1
}
Else {
    Write-Host Shortcut not found
    exit 0
}

Remediation:

$desktop = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")
Remove-Item -Path "$($desktop)\Wifi Connect.lnk" -Force:$true

AB21805

Bronze Contributor

Mar 15, 2022

some students have got this set up too.

I would think I need to put both in the script, is that possible

Harm_Veenstra

MVP

Mar 15, 2022

AB21805 Changed it to handle both situations:

Detection:

$desktop = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")
if (Test-Path -Path "$($desktop)\Wifi Connect.lnk") {
    write-Host Found shortcut
    exit 1
}
Else {
    Write-Host Shortcut not found
    exit 0
}

Remediation:

$desktop = [Environment]::GetFolderPath("Desktop")
Remove-Item -Path "$($desktop)\Wifi Connect.lnk" -Force:$true

Harm_Veenstra
MVP
Mar 15, 2022
It should clear up the next time, it gives you the status 'with issues' because it detected a condition that you don't want (Shortcut exists) Remediation worked, issue fixed, and it should report 'Without issues' later on
AB21805
Bronze Contributor
Mar 15, 2022
Hi Harm_Veenstra

I am now confused aha
Issue fixed on remediation status but with issues on detection status