Best way to start up Internet Explorer at log on?

Kerplunk · 18 Dec 2008 at 13:48

At the minute, just got a BAT file with "start iexplore.exe" in

We are on a domain, is there something I could do via group policy/active desktop?

It seems to take a while for IE to load the way I currently have it, as it would anyway.

Essentially want IE to start up the Intranet everytime our users log on

swinnie · 18 Dec 2008 at 13:50

Kerplunk said:
At the minute, just got a BAT file with "start iexplore.exe" in

We are on a domain, is there something I could do via group policy/active desktop?

It seems to take a while for IE to load the way I currently have it, as it would anyway.

Essentially want IE to start up the Intranet everytime our users log on

At our place, we've had to get Firefox (we use the Front Motion Community Build) to handle the intranet auto load, and I *think* its called from a batch file.

The reason being, IE almost certainly crashed everytime whilst the user(s) got impatient.

blastman · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:01

put a shortcut in the windows startup folder.

you could write a small script to copy a shortcut to all the machines on your domain.

Hope it helps.

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:03

blastman said:
put a shortcut in the windows startup folder.

you could write a small script to copy a shortcut to all the machines on your domain.

Hope it helps.

This is the way I would do it.

nikebee · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:03

other than the bat file, I would have suggested what blastman said

blastman · 18 Dec 2008 at 14:13

if fact, since I'm in a good mood....

Code:

'create FSO object
Set objFSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")

'checks to see if shortcut is already there and quits if it is
If objfso.FileExists "c:\documents and settings\all users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Internet Explorer.lnk" True Then
	wscript.quit
End if

'copies shortcut to users machine
objfso.CopyFile "\\servername\path\to\shortcut\internet explorer.lnk", "c:\documents and settings\all users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Internet Explorer.lnk"

'displays message box if there is problem with copying the file 
If Err <> 0 Then
	MsgBox "Failed to copy Internet shortcut. Please contact to your system administrator"
End If

'script quits
WScript.quit

Save that in notpad as a .vbs file and you'll be golden.

You will have to change a few details, like the place the shortcut is stored in for you to copy it from.

Also, you'll have to create a GPO and use this as the logon on script. It will copy the shortcut to every machine that logs on. Job Done.

Hope it helps.

Nanobot · 18 Dec 2008 at 15:18

Can still be done in group policy.
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Logon > Run these programs at user logon.