Proactive Remediations - Shortcut Cleanup - Teams
When OneDrive known folder move is enabled and syncs the desktop, and additionally if users log onto multiple Windows machines, then depending upon the applications installed it’s possible that a user might get multiple copies of application shortcuts on their desktop. One example is Teams, and this article shows how to remove these using a Proactive Remdiation:
Detection Script:
<#
.NOTES
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Created on: 23/12/2021 11:23
Created by: Mike Keeves
Filename: ShortcutTeamsDetect.ps1
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.DESCRIPTION
Identifies the current user has multiple copies of the Teams shortcut on desktop
#>
#File to look for
$File = "Microsoft Teams - Copy*.lnk"
#Get location of current users desktop
$UsersDesktop = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" -Name "Desktop").Desktop
$FilePresent = $null
$FilePresent = Get-ChildItem -Path $UsersDesktop -Name $File
try {
if ($FilePresent -eq $null) {
Write-Output "Files not present"; exit 0
} else {
Write-Output "Files present, needs cleanup"; exit 1
}
} catch {
Write-Output "An issue occurred : $($_.Exception.Message)"; exit 1
}
Remediation Script:
<#
.NOTES
===========================================================================
Created on: 23/12/2021 11:23
Created by: Mike Keeves
Filename: ShortcutTeamsDetect.ps1
===========================================================================
.DESCRIPTION
Identifies the current user has multiple copies of the Teams shortcut on desktop
#>
#File to look for
$File = "Microsoft Teams - Copy*.lnk"
#Get location of current users desktop
$UsersDesktop = (Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" -Name "Desktop").Desktop
$FilePresent = $null
$FilePresent = Get-ChildItem -Path $UsersDesktop -Name $File
try {
if ($FilePresent -eq $null) {
Write-Output "Files not present"; exit 0
} else {
Remove-Item -Path ($UsersDesktop + "\" + $FilePresent)
Write-Output "Files removed"; exit 0
}
} catch {
Write-Output "An issue occurred : $($_.Exception.Message)"; exit 1
}