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Intune installed desktop shortcut needs to be removed
I created a desktop shortcut via intune windows app (win 32). Here is my script
New-Item -Path "c:" -Name "mem" -ItemType "directory" -Force
Copy-Item "S:\Shortcuts\UKG.ico" -Destination "c:\mem\UKG.ico"
$Shell = New-Object -ComObject ("WScript.Shell")
$ShortCut = $Shell.CreateShortcut("C:\users\public\desktop\UKG.lnk")
$ShortCut.TargetPath="-------------------------------------"
$Shortcut.Arguments="------------------------------------"
$ShortCut.IconLocation = "c:\mem\UKG.ico";
$ShortCut.Description = "UKG Shortcut";
$ShortCut.Save()
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The app works fine and copies the ico file from a network share and places it on the c drive in a folder it creates named mem. Now after creating the shortcut they have decided to use SSO which is a new address. I need to delete the ico file in the mem folder and remove the desktop shortcut. I created a simple script.
$ShortcutFile = "$env:Public\Desktop\UKG.lnk"
if (Test-Path $ShortcutFile){ Remove-Item $ShortcutFile }
else { Write-Output "Shortcut Not Found" }
To just delete the shortcut. When I run the script as an admin in powershell it works just fine. If I try and run the script in a normal powershell it fails and says it doesn't have access to the public desktop. I ran the file in Intune as just a script and it fails. I converted it to an intunewin file and added it as an intune windows app (win 32). It successfuly runs on all my pcs but does not remove the icon. I'm at a loss and I really need to remove this icon so I can push the new one. Any suggestions on how to remove it via a script or app? I've checked into remediation scripts but that isn't going to be an option for now.
- The detection is OK if you want the shortcut removed. You must assign a group to Uninstall the program, and it will run the uninstall script. The detection will check again to see if the file is still there. If not, The removal of the shortcut should be complete.
What does your uninstall command line look like? It should be powershell.exe -Executionpolicy Bypass -File .\uninstall.ps1
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Jesse13579 Running it as a Win32 app is perfect, but you should run it as a System and not as a User because the User doesn't have permissions in the c:\users\public folder.
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If one of the posts was helpful in other ways, please consider giving it a Like.- Jesse13579Brass ContributorI’m new with intune. How do I go about running it as a system?
Jesse13579 When you add an Intunewin app to Intune, you can select the Installation behavior to be System or User.