Jan_v_K
Contributor
Contributor

Shortcuts are not deleted after reboot without normal shutdown

We create shotcuts in the startmenu with VM UEM, with the following options:  "skip if shortcut already exists"  and  "Undo at logoff".

I noticed that if a pc is shutdown without normal logoff (power out etc) the shortcuts that remaine, (which is normal, because flexengine hasn't run)  are not removed in the next (normal) logoff .

I looks like only shortcuts created in one logon logoff  cycle are removed. Is that normal behaviour?

when we update a shortcut, with for instance an new executable, it is never distibuted if the old shortcut still resited op de PC.

Is it a better option no to select  "skip if shortcut already exists" so that the shortcut is  Always recreated?

Or should I run a logon script that first clears out all of the shortcuts created by flexengine?

DEMdev
VMware Employee
VMware Employee

Hi Jan_v_K,

I looks like only shortcuts created in one logon logoff  cycle are removed. Is that normal behaviour?

Yes, the undo actions are only performed for items created during that session – the undo "bookkeeping" information isn't maintained across sessions, so we can't remove those shortcuts the next time around.

In this case it's probably best not to use the Skip if shortcut already exists setting, so future updates to your shortcut definitions will correctly be applied.

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Sravan_k
Expert
Expert

Please don't use log-on scripts which may impact user experience on log-on time

please Follow what UEMdev instructions....

Thank you,

Vkmr.

Jan_v_K
Contributor
Contributor

Thanks for the response. we will stop using the Skip if shortcut already exists setting.

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