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tech213
Aspirant
Aug 20, 2018

File Shortcut with Group Policy

Last week I updated the Nas to 6.9.3 and all the shortcuts that were put in place on a users desktop by Windows Group Policy disappeared and won't come back. If I point it to another drive the shortc...
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StephenB
Guru - Experienced User
Aug 20, 2018

Last week was also Microsoft's patch Tuesday.  Is it possible that your issue is actually caused by a windows update?

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    tech213
    Aspirant
    Aug 20, 2018

    We are on an update delay so that updates can be reviewed for compatibitly and no updates where installed last week for Windows. I just double checked the server and pc and no updates where installed.

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      StephenB
      Guru - Experienced User
      Aug 20, 2018

      I do have desktop shortcuts to a NAS running 6.9.3, but they were created manually.  Have you tried that?

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        tech213
        Aspirant
        Aug 20, 2018

        Yes manually works, just the group policy doesn't. Don't get how the update would break it, though it could be a coincidence as well.

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