I have created a GPO to create a URL Shortcut on Desktop but it is not working for old user profiles

Question

Dear Support,

I have created a URL Shortcut GPO to create a URL based shortcut on desktop but its not working on old profiles. Kindly guide me why is it not working for old user Profiles. I have logged-on the with this new Profile:

Kindly guide me.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hello Seema Kanwal Gurmani,

Thank you for posting in Q&A forum.

Did you created a URL Shortcut GPO using Shortcuts under user configuration or computer configuration?

If it is the user configuration, ensure the old and new users are in the same OU.

Please sign out and sign in the old user prefile and check the result.

Or run CMD command gpupdate /force using the old profile.

If it is the computer configuration, please logon the old user on the machine that applied **Shortcut GPO and check the result.
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For more information, please read link below.
https://www.prajwaldesai.com/create-desktop-shortcut-using-group-policy/

I hope the information above is helpful.

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Daisy Zhou

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