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Desktop Shortcut to network drive using group policy

I am looking to create a desktop shortcut to a network drive. We are on a domain, so I am looking to do this via group policy. I would like the shortcut to be placed on the users desktop and be to the network drive of \\server. I am having a hard…
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How to create a shortcut for a IP:port url?

I have a service running on a specific port on a given ip : 12.34.56.78:12345. The server at this IP address is all mine (but not the network, so no switch/router tweaking), and I also have a bunch of domains and DNS server I could use. Is there a…
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Create a Windows shortcut on Unix

I'm looking for a tool that will allow me to create Windows shortcuts on a Unix (BSD) machine. Can anyone point me to one? Thanks in advance.
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Shortcut for website using non-default browser

I am working on a GPO to push a desktop shortcut to a website using IE (which is not the default browser) out to my Windows 7 Pro machines. All machines are x64. Not sure why this isn't working: Action: Update (tried Create too, but that didn't…
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Windows Internet shortcut with embedded username:password

URLs of form http://username:password@example.com:80/ work fine in the address bar of any browser I tried, yet when I create a shortcut in Windows and try to launch it, it says it cannot find the address. How do I easily create shortcuts that log in…
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Shortcut to open IIS 7 Manager so it Shows "Sites" view (status) by Default?

I would like to quickly be able to check whether a site is online after logging into the desktop of Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64). I would prefer to be able to do this in just 1 single or double-click (or better yet, without clicking at all) than to…
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Quick access to control panel stuff in Vista

Vista's control panel is more useless then ever. One example: I used to be able to access network devices with a couple clicks. From there I could check IP settings, disable, reset devices etc. Now I have to click start, control panel, show classic…
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Consulting MAN pages for specific flags

Sometimes I want to know what a specific flag means. For instance: man apache2: (...) -L Output a list of directives together with expected arguments and places where the directive is valid. So is there a way to use something…
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Reverse searching(ctrl+r) in linux terminal

I now can only select the last history command that matches. How can I select,for example, the last but two command that matches?
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How do I stop shortcuts following moved folders on Windows Server

If I move a folder (to temporarily stop people running programs in that folder), the desktop shortcuts they use to access those programs sometimes follow the folder. Is there any way to stop this behaviour? This is on Windows machines. To…
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Creating an app shortcut in Windows 7 XP Mode

I have a VERY old legacy app that I've managed to move from machine to machine; the installer for it doesn't actually work under newer versions of Windows, but I was able to track down the registry changes and DLL registrations necessary to make it…
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Using environment variables to provide shortcuts across multiple OS Versions and architectures

This week I was facing a scenario, where regular techniques to deploy shortcuts through GPOs are not sufficent anymore. I was facing an environment, where XP,7,10 is present in both, 32 bit (x86) and 64 bit (x64) architectures - and multiple…
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How do I make browser shortcuts w/custom proxy settings available on user desktops?

In our environment, we have about 30 testers (website testers) located at different physical locations. However, they all log on to the same AD. As it is now, their MSIE is configured to access the Internet through a proxy. However, I need these…
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Trying to create a GPO shortcut to local app data directory

We have a lockdown browser application that was installed on all of our students' laptops, but it was installed to the local app data of the user that performed the install. Therefore, none of our students see the application, because they are all…
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How to connect with a vpn connection without any prompt in windows 8

In windows 7 , we can define a hotkey for connect to internet via VPN connection immediately without any prompt, through these Steps: Create shortcut for VPN connection for example in Desktop. Define a hotkey for that shortcut In VPN properties >>…
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