Are IE & OE shortcuts different (to others)

[<SparTacuS>]

As part of my finishing off I have been writing a cmd file to rearrange the Start Menu shortcuts to my liking. I have been using a "copy /y" to copy each shortcut to where I want it, then following up with a del /f to delete the original.

Labourious I know but it has worked perfectly for every shortcut apart from the Internet Explorer and Outlook Express shortcuts that are placed via "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu. These two just will not move or delete - I constantly get "file not found"

My question - are these two different somehow? Are they not *.lnk files?

Here's the commands I've used (all similar worked)

copy /y "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Internet Explorer.lnk" "%AllUsersProfile%\Start Menu\Online\Internet\Internet Explorer.lnk"
del /f "%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Internet Explorer.lnk"

Can someone check my code and see what I'm doing wrong.

[MCT]

maybe they are installed under %allusersprofile% ?

[Bâshrat the Sneaky]

[Components]
    IEAccess=off
    OEAccess=off
    WMPOCM=off

add this to your winnt.sif and no shortcuts to IE, OE or WMP will show up!

[<SparTacuS>]

Thanks for trying MCT but no-go. These last 2 are definately in the user's Start Menu.

And thanks also Bâshrat the Sneaky - but if I do that I won't be able to copy them!

Never mind I'll have to do it by making new shortcuts.

[MCT]

del /Q "%userprofile%\Start Menu\Programs\Internet Explorer.lnk"

that works 4 me

[<SparTacuS>]

My solution turned out to be a combination of the above

I turned off the access points in my unattended sif file as Bâshrat the Sneaky suggested and then created new ones where I wanted them using the shortcut.exe that I posted about here

http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=20355

BTW - I still don't know why I couldn't treat these like the others.

[GreenMachine]

BTW - I still don't know why I couldn't treat these like the others.

Look at the shortcuts timestamps: they are created when the profile is created, after setup, not before. Cannot delete them if they are not there, can you now? (Which is also the reason you had a "File not found" error.)

They are created during ActiveSetup. ActiveSetup is a per user setup that exists for IE, OE, WMP, amongst others, and runs upon first logon per user.

[<SparTacuS>]

Thanks GM - nice explanation. I thought I was going crazy! LOL