Powershell create shortcut to server root share

DustinB3403

The below is what I have, and it works on my system, but not others. I had this completed >.< but I dirped, and erased the thumb drive that had the only copy.

The goal is to create a shortcut on any given users desktop to the specified server, not to the sub-share under the root.

IE: Target>Server1

Not Target>Server1>Share

$TargetFile = "\\server.domain.com"
$ShortcutFile = "$env:Public\Desktop\FileServer.lnk"
$WScriptShell = New-Object WScript.Shell -Verbose
$Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile)
$Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetFile
$Shortcut.Save()

dafyre

@dustinb3403 said in Powershell create shortcut to server root share:

The below is what I have, and it works on my system, but not others. I had this completed >.< but I dirped, and erased the thumb drive that had the only copy.

The goal is to create a shortcut on any given users desktop to the specified server, not to the sub-share under the root.

IE: Target>Server1

Not Target>Server1>Share

$TargetFile = "\server.domain.com"
$ShortcutFile = "$env:Public\Desktop\FileServer.lnk"
$WScriptShell = New-Object WScript.Shell -Verbose
$Shortcut = $WScriptShell.CreateShortcut($ShortcutFile)
$Shortcut.TargetPath = $TargetFile
$Shortcut.Save()

Do you get any error messages?

Seems to me like your $ShorcutFile should be:

$ShortcutFile = "$($env:Public)\Desktop\FileServer.lnk" ?

DustinB3403

@dafyre said in Powershell create shortcut to server root share:

Do you get any error messages?

Seems to me like your $ShorcutFile should be:

$ShortcutFile = "$($env:Public)\Desktop\FileServer.lnk" ?

A bunch of random error messages about object not found (powershell objects).

Gah I wish I had backed up this stupid script. .

DustinB3403

I got it.

$WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell
$Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut("$Home\Desktop\FileServer.lnk")
$Shortcut.TargetPath = "\\server.domain.com"
$Shortcut.Save()

DustinB3403

ps. I made backup now.

dbeato

I assume you don't want to use GPO for this.

DustinB3403

@dbeato said in Powershell create shortcut to server root share:

I assume you don't want to use GPO for this.

Unfortunately for this case that isn't an option. Extenuating circumstances. . . .

JaredBusch

@DustinB3403 what about the public desktop instead of hte user desktop?

Then it will always be there, regardless of who logs in.

DustinB3403

@jaredbusch said in Powershell create shortcut to server root share:

@DustinB3403 what about the public desktop instead of hte user desktop?

Then it will always be there, regardless of who logs in.

Not a huge concern for our use cases as we usually just end up wiping a system and reloading between user changes.

I thought about it, but it wasn't critical and as we change things around it becomes a pain to remove the old links to systems that may not exist any more.