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Hi!
We have a internal program done in Microsoft access that we have on out server that the users used to have to copy to their C drive and then make shortcut on desktop. We have now set a GPO to do this for them and that also means if we make improvements the updated file will be replaced automaticly. Sound good right? But here is a problem that have come up, since GPO reapply about every 90min. People seem to be getting all kinds of crazy errors and my guess is that the GPO tries to replace the file as instructed. This leeds to the program not working correctly or just different errors coming up and from what I have found it has to be related to this since it has come up after it was implemented.
To avoid my thought was that it should only happen on PC restart. That way we can be sure that the user is not having it open / working with the file. I found GP refresh setting but im question is wont this setting effekt all other GPO's?
Or does it mean that if we want to have it like this all GPO changes has to be on restart? Any ideas on how to make this work better?
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Hi,
Just want to confirm the current situations.
If there's anything you'd like to know, don't hesitate to ask.
Best Regards,
Hi, ive been trying with the suggested soluition and i agree its the best way but I cant get it to work as I want. I got the file to copy to the C Drive correctly but i also want it to make a shortcut to the desktop after but it refuse. Im guessing this is because we use redirected desktop so that the folder is serveradress?
Do you have any idea here?
Tried this for the shortcut:
@Echo off
set SCRIPT="%TEMP%\%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%-%RANDOM%.vbs"
echo Set oWS = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") >> %SCRIPT%
echo sLinkFile = "\SBS\RedirectedFolders\%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Shortcut.lnk" >> %SCRIPT%
echo Set oLink = oWS.CreateShortcut(sLinkFile) >> %SCRIPT%
echo oLink.TargetPath = "C:\FOLDER\MYFILE" >> %SCRIPT%
echo oLink.Save >> %SCRIPT%
cscript /nologo %SCRIPT%
del %SCRIPT%
Hi,
Did it work if you try the server address?
Best Regards,
an alternative approach:
use GPO to deliver a shortcut which has a target which is a script.
the script resides on your server alongside the Access file.
the script will copy the Access file to c:
the script will then launch the Access file.
I like the idea, but im not that good with scripting. Do you know how to write this? Im guessin it would be a bat file
copy \servername\sharename\accessfilename.mdb c:\appfolder\accessfilename.mdb /y
c:\appfolder\accessfilename.mdb
Hi，
As DonPickard said ,for your situation, a stat script will be suitable .
Sorry for the scripts now are not supported on the Q&A
Following link just for your reference:
https://www.minitool.com/news/copy-files-one-folder-another-script-001.html
https://superuser.com/questions/455364/how-to-create-a-shortcut-using-a-batch-script
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Best Regards,
