Create - Desktop Shortcut

Summary

This document describes how to create a shortcut in the Public Desktop folder.

Sample Run

To add a desktop shortcut for https://chatgpt.com/:

Select Run Now and click on Run Task:

Dependencies

New-DesktopUriShortcut

User Parameters

Name	Example	Required	Description
TargetUri	https://www.google.com/	True	The target path of the shortcut. This can be a local or web URI. Must begin with '<DRIVE_LETTER>:/', 'Https://', or 'http://'
ShortcutName	Google	False	The optional name of the shortcut being set. If not provided, the file name or DnsSafeHost property will be used as the shortcut name.
IconLocation	--	False	Optionally set an *.ico file as the shortcut icon.

Implementation

Create a new Script Editor style script in the system to implement this task.

Name: Create - Desktop Shortcut
Description: Creates a shortcut in the Public Desktop folder.
Category: Management

Parameters

Add a new parameter by clicking the Add Parameter button present at the top-right corner of the screen.

This screen will appear.

TargetUri

• Set TargetUri in the Parameter Name field.
• Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
• Toggle ON the Required Field button.
• Click the Save button.

Click the Confirm button to save the parameter.

ShortcutName

• Set ShortcutName in the Parameter Name field.
• Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
• Click the Save button.

Click the Confirm button to save the parameter.

IconLocation

• Set IconLocation in the Parameter Name field.
• Select Text String from the Parameter Type dropdown menu.
• Click the Save button.

Click the Confirm button to save the parameter.

Once all the parameters are created, it should look like this:

Proceed with the following steps to create a task.

Task

Navigate to the Script Editor section and start by adding a row. You can do this by clicking the Add Row button at the bottom of the script page.

A blank function will appear.

Row 1 Function: PowerShell Script

Search and select the PowerShell Script function.

The following function will pop up on the screen:

Copy the below PowerShell commands and paste them in the PowerShell Script Editor box:

PowerShell Script

Row 2 Function: Script Log

Add a new row by clicking the Add Row button.

A blank function will appear.

Search and select the Script Log function.

The following function will pop up on the screen:

In the script log message, simply type %output% and click the Save button.

Click the Save button at the top-right corner of the screen to save the script.

Completed Task

The Script Editor should look like this:

Output

• Script log

Changelog

2025-04-10

• Initial version of the document