Has anyone tried this? I assume you would have the same issue with deploying a shortcut to any Modern windows 10 app. Right-click on the Microsoft Edge and go to Send to » Desktop (create shortcut) option from the. Click on More and open the Go to location option. For this, click on the Start menu and right-click on the Microsoft Edge from the programs list. ) Edge Menu > Apps >Install this site as an app, than click in Manage Apps (in same menu) put mouse over icon and with right click select Create shortcuts (on desktop or Startmenu). Firstly, Create a normal shortcut of Edge browser on a desktop. What I do know, is if you manually make a short cut to here "%windir%\explorer.exe shell:Appsfolder\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe!MicrosoftEdge" it will create a Edge Shortcut, You can then change the icon to here "%windir%\SystemApps\Microsoft.MicrosoftEdge_8wekyb3d8bbwe\MicrosoftEdge.exe" to get the correct icon.īut when deploying this through GPO, it never seems to work. A newer and cool solution is create shortcuts for your preffered websites and they opening like a app. Problem is the Edge browser is a Modern App, so it doesn't launch the same way as the other browsers, in fact, you can't even launch it when double clicking on the exe file for it. Step 2: Under Type the location of the item field, copy and paste the following path. I had no problem adding IE, Chrome, and Firefox to the students desktops using a group policy (User Config.>Preferences>Windows Settigns>Shortcuts), but I cant seem to find a way for it to add the Edge browser. Step 1: Right-click on the desktop, click New and then click Shortcut to launch Create Shortcut wizard.
Hey guys, I was sent the task of adding browser shortcuts to all students desktops.
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