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    • m144M
      m144 @sudburr
      last edited by

      @sudburr I will take a look at the permissions for the shortcut… Seems a bit odd, and have also never had to do that but at this point, I will try anything. (I will get back to you with the outcome)

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      • m144M
        m144 @x23piracy
        last edited by

        @x23piracy When I check the settings, yes it is still pointing to the correct ico location.

        As for the icon cache… I have wiped it out a few times now(and before upload), I still end up with the white boxes every time.

        Here are the settings on one of the shortcuts when opened with notepad.
        [InternetShortcut]
        URL=http://mail.google.com/
        IconIndex=0
        HotKey=0
        IDList=
        IconFile=C:\Tools\gmail.ico

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        • m144M
          m144 @m144
          last edited by

          So… After a few days of messing with this, it turns out to be the CopyProfile = true bit in the unattend.xml that is messing with the desktop icons.

          I set CopyProfile = false and just threw the links into default profile myself and now the links and everything else that was being odd work just fine. Other customizations like start menu etc are gone but I can work around that.

          Has anyone else had any problems with CopyProfile = true in their unattend.xml? Its a shame to not be able to use that. 😞

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          • Q
            Quazz Moderator @m144
            last edited by

            @m144 I personally use Defprof to keep most of the customizations for the default profile.

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            • x23piracyX
              x23piracy
              last edited by x23piracy

              https://www.forensit.com/support-downloads.html

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              @Quazz will this copy, startmenu, taskbar and default apps?

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              • m144M
                m144 @x23piracy
                last edited by

                @x23piracy That’s what I ended up using… I used defprof back in the XP days. Happy to see that it is still around.

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                • AvaryanA
                  Avaryan
                  last edited by Avaryan

                  You could also create a PowerShell/batch script to copy the icons onto the Public desktop. Push it out as a FOG Snapin.

                  Copy-Item -Path C:\Tools\Shortcut01.lnk -Destination $env:PUBLIC\Desktop\Shortcut01.lnk -Force
                  
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                  • m144M
                    m144 @Avaryan
                    last edited by

                    @avaryan Thanks, That’s not a half bad idea… As of now, defprof is doing the job. The only problems I have left to fix on this windows 10 img is:

                    1. The fact that after Sysprep it auto logs into the pc as administrator twice but we only have it set to do so once in the unattend.xml 😕 (Not sure how I am going to fix this one!)

                    2. Chrome profile settings are not being copied over to the default profile. (Not that big of a problem can live with out it)

                    Other than that I should be able to push this out to a few computers today, give it a good test run before our first go around with a few hundred computers… to start with.

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                    • AvaryanA
                      Avaryan @m144
                      last edited by

                      @m144 said in Windows desktop shortcuts... .ico images gone after sysprep!:

                      1. The fact that after Sysprep it auto logs into the pc as administrator twice but we only have it set to do so once in the unattend.xml 😕 (Not sure how I am going to fix this one!)

                      Auto login values and stored in the registry. I would use the SetupComplete.cmd file to launch a PowerShell script that runs something like this:

                      # This is completely untested.
                      
                      # If this is the same account specified in the unattend, the user/pass info may already be stored here.
                      $Username = "Administrator"
                      $Password = "MySuperSecretPassword"
                      $LogonAmount = 1
                      
                      # Editing these while an account is logged in has given me errors before, so just to make sure...
                      Start-Process -FilePath "$env:windir\System32\shutdown.exe" -ArgumentList '-l -f' -Wait
                      Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
                      
                      $path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon'
                      if ($LogonAmount -gt 0) {
                          Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name AutoAdminLogon -Value 1
                      } else {
                          # If it's set to 0 (or less), turn auto logon off.
                          Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name AutoAdminLogon -Value 0
                      }
                      
                      Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name DefaultUserName -Value $Username
                                  
                      if (-Not (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path | Select-Object -ExpandProperty "DefaultPassword" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )) {
                          New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name DefaultPassword -Value $Password | Out-Null
                      }
                      
                      Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name DefaultPassword -Value $Password | Out-Null
                      
                      if (-Not (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path | Select-Object -ExpandProperty "AutoLogonCount" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )) {
                          New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name AutoLogonCount -Value $LogonAmount | Out-Null
                      }
                      
                      Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name AutoLogonCount -Value $LogonAmount | Out-Null            
                      Restart-Computer -Force```
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                      • m144M
                        m144 @Avaryan
                        last edited by

                        @avaryan WOW that was quick… Did you just make this!

                        So, I have a firstboot.bat that runs on the first autologin that does some stuff like delete the unattend.xml, start the fog service, etc.

                        I think I am just going to have my firstboot.bat file throw another .bat (secondboot.bat) into the startup folder for the administrator account. Who knows maybe we will find something we can add to the secondboot.bat that is useful.

                        Below is the list of the basic things we do excludes any extra stuff we are doing. Just want to list out how we are doing things in case anyone else wants a super basic process.

                        *Note: This is the code we use if “CopyProfile” in the unattend.xml is set to false and we are using the DefProf tool.

                        #win_10-generalize.bat
                        
                        sc config "FOGService" start= disabled
                        net stop "FOGService"
                        
                        cd C:\Tools\firstboot
                        copy firstboot-shortcut.lnk "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup"
                        
                        #more stuff goes on here
                        
                        cd C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep
                        sysprep /generalize /oobe /shutdown /unattend:c:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\unattend.xml
                        

                        Upload to FOG server… Then send out to what ever.

                        #firstboot.bat
                        
                        del C:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\*.xml
                        
                        sc config "FOGService" start= auto
                        net start "FOGService"
                        
                        #more stuff goes on here
                        
                        cd C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
                        del firstboot-shortcut.lnk
                        
                        cd C:\Tools\secondboot
                        copy secondboot-Shortcut.lnk "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Startup"
                        
                        del C:\Tools\firstboot\*.bat
                        
                        #at this point FOG reboots and joins the computer to the domain
                        
                        # fix my auto log in twice problem
                        
                        shutdown -r -t 60
                        
                        cd C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
                        del secondboot-shortcut.lnk
                        
                        del C:\Tools\secondboot\*.bat
                        

                        Probably not the best way to fix this whole logging into the administrator account twice for no reason problem… But it is a quick way to fix it lol.

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                        • AvaryanA
                          Avaryan
                          last edited by

                          Regarding the auto login issue. I have a FOG Snapin called “(9) System Restart”. It’s just a blank text file with the “Reboot after install” option enabled in the snapin settings.

                          FYI: I have the number there to assign deployment priority. FOG will pull them alphabetically. “(0)” is my SCCM client. “(4)” are my normal applications, etc…

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                          • m144M
                            m144 @Avaryan
                            last edited by

                            @avaryan I have not messed around with FOG Snapins that much at all… I guess now is a good time to start!

                            Thanks for all your help on this, much appreciated.

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                            • AvaryanA
                              Avaryan @m144
                              last edited by

                              @m144 said in Windows desktop shortcuts... .ico images gone after sysprep!:

                              @avaryan WOW that was quick… Did you just make this!

                              Modified from something I previously wrote so that I could apply auto login values in bulk via IP addresses exported from DHCP and saved in a csv file. This was at a time when our DNS records weren’t reliable so the tool that I typical use to set auto login wasn’t working reliably.

                              The original, in case anyone ever needs it for something:

                              <#
                              .Synopsis
                                 Enables Automatic Login with supplied credentials.
                              .DESCRIPTION
                                 Logs off all users, sets AutoLogon registry keys with entered values, restarts the computer.
                              .EXAMPLE 
                                 ./Set-AutoLogon.ps1 -ComputerName PTSD-TestComputer -Username PTSD\TestAccount -Password Password123 -TimesToLogin 3
                                 This will automatically logon to PTSD-TestComputer three times as the TestAccount user. The computer will revert to the normal logon procedure after the third automatic logon. 
                              .NOTES
                                 Supplied credentials are stored in plain text in the registry. They are removed from the registry when the number of 
                                 automatic logons is depleted.
                              #>
                              
                              Param(
                                  [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
                                  [String[]]
                                  $ComputerName,
                              
                                  [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
                                  [String]
                                  $Username,
                              
                                  [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
                                  [String]
                                  $Password,
                              
                                  [parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
                                  [Int]
                                  $TimesToLogin = 1
                              )
                              
                              $credentials = Get-Credential
                              
                              Invoke-Command -ComputerName $ComputerName -Credential $credentials -ScriptBlock {
                                  Param($Times, $User, $Pass)
                                          
                                  $shutdown = $env:SystemRoot + "\System32\shutdown.exe"
                                  Start-Process -FilePath $shutdown -ArgumentList '-l -f' -Wait
                                  Start-Sleep -Seconds 2
                              
                                  $path = 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon'
                                  Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name AutoAdminLogon -Value 1
                                  Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name DefaultUserName -Value $User
                                          
                                  if (-Not (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path | Select-Object -ExpandProperty "DefaultPassword" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )) {
                                      New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name DefaultPassword -Value $Pass | Out-Null
                                  }
                              
                                  Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name DefaultPassword -Value $Pass | Out-Null
                              
                                  if (-Not (Get-ItemProperty -Path $path | Select-Object -ExpandProperty "AutoLogonCount" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue )) {
                                      New-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name AutoLogonCount -Value $Times | Out-Null
                                  }
                              
                                  Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name AutoLogonCount -Value $Times | Out-Null
                                          
                                  Restart-Computer -Force
                                              
                              } -ArgumentList $TimesToLogin,$Username,$Password
                              
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