Does anybody have a Powershell script that generates a RDP icon on the desktop of the user. I already have the code for the desktop icon creation. But the next thing I need is the RDP extension to be created with specific paramters (Single usage of monitor)
Thanks in advance!
$wshshell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$lnk = $wshshell.CreateShortcut("C:\Users\Public\Desktop\RDP.lnk")
$lnk.TargetPath = "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Accessories\Remote Desktop Connection.lnk"
$lnk.Description = "RDP"
$lnk.Save()
You did it almost correct. But better to set TargetPath to mstsc.exe directly.
Use $lnk.Arguments to set parameters like server name (/v), fullscreen (/f) and others.
$wshshell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell
$lnk = $wshshell.CreateShortcut("C:\Users\Public\Desktop\RDP.lnk")
$lnk.TargetPath = "%windir%\system32\mstsc.exe"
$lnk.Description = "RDP"
$lnk.Arguments = "/v:server-1 /f"
$lnk.Save()
If you need some tweaks inside mstsc its better to use shared folder for all computers and place .rdp file with your config here. After that use $lnk.TargetPath to this .rdp file.
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This is my powershell script:
cd '\\ac.gf\root\M151 Agie Charmilles SA\Qualità\QP\6-SPC - tools\2-Tools\IPC\Mechanics\OFFICE_2016'
$file = 'SPC_Analysis_v2.3 - 36 mesi_250_macchine.xlsm'
$x1 = New-Object -ComObject "Excel.Application"
$wb = $x1.workbooks.Open($file)
I need to open the file in the specified path, it exist but powershell doesn't find it.
Powershell reported that couldn't find it.
Listing the content of the folder I can see that it exist
Two possible solutions:
1.) Set the CurrentDirectory (this is not the same thing as the "location" in powershell)
[Environment]::CurrentDirectory = Get-Location
# or
[System.IO.Directory]::SetCurrentDirectory($pwd)
2.) Use the full path
$x1.workbooks.Open((Get-Item $file).FullName)
# or
$x1.workbooks.Open((Resolve-Path $file))
i was inquiring if there are options to create a url shortcut to be placed on c:\users\username\favorites to be applied to be added to the login script of the user on Active directory to create the favorites for any user
i tried searching all over the internet and i only found "MD" and "MKDir" commands
Not the most PowerShell answer but this is the widely used one with the best compatibility in versions. Much like this answer but small changes for URLs
$WshShell = New-Object -comObject WScript.Shell
$Shortcut = $WshShell.CreateShortcut("$Home\Favorites\Google.url")
$Shortcut.TargetPath = "http://www.google.ca"
$Shortcut.Save()
This will make a shortcut to Google in your favorites. $Home being one of PowerShell's Automatic Variables
If you happen to have PowerShell 5.0 it can now do this natively. Again refer to this answer for more information
I am automating the creation of a web server. An application is created for me, but I need to manually change the Identity of a COM+ Application to run as a specific user.
Being a linux admin with little experience with powershell, I'm in over my head. It looks like there is an API to modify COM+ applications.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms679173(v=vs.85).aspx
From this stackoverflow question, I've gotten this far in modifying the application
$comAdmin = New-Object -comobject COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalog
$apps = $comAdmin.GetCollection(“Applications”)
$apps.Populate();
I am able to see my application in the list by typing in this command
$apps
Is it possible to modify the foobar application Identity from powershell?
Thanks to this stackoverflow question, I got it working.
$targetApp = "examplecompany"
$comAdmin = New-Object -comobject COMAdmin.COMAdminCatalog
$apps = $comAdmin.GetCollection("Applications")
$apps.Populate();
$app = $apps | Where-Object {$_.Name -eq $targetApp}
$comAdmin.ShutdownApplication($targetApp)
$app.Value("Identity") = 'example.com\exampleuser'
$app.Value("Password") = 'correct-horse-battery-staple'
$apps.SaveChanges()
$comAdmin.StartApplication($targetApp)
A little background about what I'm trying to do and why. We are slowly migrating from using a local copy of office on our end users Win7 machines to publishing office through RDS 2012. With 2012 you can have the end users machine subscribe to a webfeed which puts the shortcuts to the actual RDP files in Appdata. In order to have our image pretty much mirror before RDS, I need to pin the shortcuts to the taskbar. If you pin the shortcut as it comes from the RDS Gateway server the icon on the taskbar is that of the .rdp file. If you edit the target for the shortcut and put mstsc.exe before the path to the .rdp file you can then pin the shortcut to the taskbar using those icons of the shortcut.
I have found posts on how to change the target field of shortcuts but nothing on how to add something to what is currently there. An environment variable is needed since the path to the shorts will be different for each user. Below is I have tried thus far
$Word = $env:userprofile + "\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\RemoteApp and Desktop Connections\Microsoft Word 2010.lnk"
$sh = New-Object -COM WScript.Shell
$targetPath = $sh.CreateShortcut($Word).TargetPath
$sh.TargetPath = "mstsc.exe" + $targetPath ## Make changes
$sh.Save() ## Save$shell = New-Object -COM WScript.Shell
One of the errors i'm getting is : Property 'Arguments' cannot be found on this object; make sure it exists and is settable.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Instead of using Shell COM object, how about using a .Net wrapper class? There is a great sample.
To use the VBAccelerator's wrapper in Powershell, extract the source code and compile a DLL like so,
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\csc.exe /t:library /out:ShellLink.dll /r:System.Drawing.dll .\ShellLink.cs .\FileIcon.cs
This should create ShellLink.dll, which you can add as Powershell type like so,
Add-Type -path .\ShellLink.dll
And use the class by creating a new object like so,
$lnk = new-object vbAccelerator.Components.Shell.ShellLink
$lnk.Target = "C:\Windows\System32\mstsc.exe"
$lnk.Arguments = "some arguments"
$lnk.Description = "My awesome shortcut"
$lnk.Save("c:\temp\test.lnk")
Your code will prepend "mstsc.exe" to the current target path if you just add this line before your ## Make changes line:
$sh = $sh.CreateShortcut($word)
Sounds like you also want to add a space, so that your lnk file is the "connection file" argument of mstsc.exe. You can set the Arguments property like so:
function Set-RDSshortcut {
param( [parameter(mandatory=$true)]$Shortcut )
$sh = New-Object -COM WScript.Shell
$targetPath = $sh.CreateShortcut($Shortcut).TargetPath
$targetPath = "mstsc.exe"
$sh = $sh.CreateShortcut($Shortcut)
$sh.TargetPath = $targetPath
$sh.Arguments = $Shortcut
$sh.Save()
} #end function
I have a bat file already with my mapped drive info, but is there a way to have the bat rename the drives so when the how up in "my computer" they will be labeled properly?
You can use comobject like this (powershell code):
$desc= "MyNetworkshare" # This is the label for your unit
$mDrive = "H:\" #this is your unit (any letter you have..)
$oShell = new-Object -com Shell.Application
$oShell.NameSpace($mDrive).Self.Name = $Desc