How do I copy an icon to multiple client machines? TigerBite 5/11/2007 8:32:00 PM I'd like to script a way to copy an icon to multiple client machines. I'm very new to this scripting thing, and I've come to a dead end. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Re: How do I copy an icon to multiple client machines? "Al Dunbar" <AlanDrub[ at ]hotmail.com.nospaam> 5/12/2007 3:46:44 AM There are a number of ways to do that kind of thing - how, precisely, do you want it to work, and what have you tried so far? And an "icon"? Do you mean an icon file or a shortcut? Where do you want this to go - each individuatl user's desktop, or to the all users desktop? /Al "TigerBite" <TigerBite[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8BB996C1-5DA7-4986-8FD5-37F4A597E031[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I'd like to script a way to copy an icon to multiple client machines. I'm > very new to this scripting thing, and I've come to a dead end. Any help > would be greatly appreciated. > >

Re: How do I copy an icon to multiple client machines? TigerBite 5/15/2007 4:37:00 PM I currently have figured out a way to copy a shortcut to a website onto all users desktops, but I want to customize the icon. The custom icon will not work unless the icon file (.ico) is already on each of the users boxes. I am open to any way to do this. Below is what I have to put the shortcut onto desktops. Thanks. set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Waldo Work Requests.lnk") oShellLink.TargetPath = "http://fmswr.com?LID=CE67DA230ed83396F2mPs2E28871" oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1 oShellLink.IconLocation = "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE, 0" oShellLink.Description = "Work Request Site" oShellLink.Save "Al Dunbar" wrote: [Quoted Text] > There are a number of ways to do that kind of thing - how, precisely, do you > want it to work, and what have you tried so far? > > And an "icon"? Do you mean an icon file or a shortcut? Where do you want > this to go - each individuatl user's desktop, or to the all users desktop? > > /Al > > "TigerBite" <TigerBite[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:8BB996C1-5DA7-4986-8FD5-37F4A597E031[ at ]microsoft.com... > > I'd like to script a way to copy an icon to multiple client machines. I'm > > very new to this scripting thing, and I've come to a dead end. Any help > > would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > >

Re: How do I copy an icon to multiple client machines? "Al Dunbar" <AlanDrub[ at ]hotmail.com.nospaam> 5/16/2007 12:27:10 AM You are already creating a file on their desktop, just create the .ico file - by copying it there. Something like this, perhaps: set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") strAppData = WshShell.SpecialFolders("AppData") set FSO = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") FSO.copyfile "\\server\share\fmswr.ico", strAppData, true set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Waldo Work Requests.lnk") oShellLink.TargetPath = "http://fmswr.com?LID=CE67DA230ed83396F2mPs2E28871" oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1 oShellLink.IconLocation = strAppData & "\fmswr.ico, 0" oShellLink.Description = "Work Request Site" oShellLink.Save The .ico file is copied from a server using its UNC. In your environment there might be a mapped drive available. The file is copied to the application data folder in the user's profile because he might not have the necessary access to copy it to some common location. This assumes that the user is going to run the script himself, either directly or as part of a logon script. Alternately, you could run this script from a workstation using an account that has administrator privileges on the workstations, and create/copy the files to the desktop and application data folder in the all users profile. /Al "TigerBite" <TigerBite[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E4DAA01D-1E5C-48AE-8A3C-474A2AB1B4D3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I currently have figured out a way to copy a shortcut to a website onto all > users desktops, but I want to customize the icon. The custom icon will > not > work unless the icon file (.ico) is already on each of the users boxes. I > am > open to any way to do this. Below is what I have to put the shortcut onto > desktops. Thanks. > > set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > strDesktop = WshShell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") > set oShellLink = WshShell.CreateShortcut(strDesktop & "\Waldo Work > Requests.lnk") > oShellLink.TargetPath = > "http://fmswr.com?LID=CE67DA230ed83396F2mPs2E28871" > oShellLink.WindowStyle = 1 > oShellLink.IconLocation = "C:\Program Files\Internet > Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE, 0" > oShellLink.Description = "Work Request Site" > oShellLink.Save > > > "Al Dunbar" wrote: > >> There are a number of ways to do that kind of thing - how, precisely, do >> you >> want it to work, and what have you tried so far? >> >> And an "icon"? Do you mean an icon file or a shortcut? Where do you want >> this to go - each individuatl user's desktop, or to the all users >> desktop? >> >> /Al >> >> "TigerBite" <TigerBite[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:8BB996C1-5DA7-4986-8FD5-37F4A597E031[ at ]microsoft.com... >> > I'd like to script a way to copy an icon to multiple client machines. >> > I'm >> > very new to this scripting thing, and I've come to a dead end. Any >> > help >> > would be greatly appreciated. >> > >> > >> >> >>