Group Policy Desktop shortcut icons blank (white) on windows 8
I am using GP user preferences to create shortcuts on my users' desktops. On all my Vista/Win7 machines they are fine and the icons are what I set them to be. on all my Win8 machines the icon is just a blank white square. If I right-click and view the icon,
the correct image appears. But when the user is looking at the desktop the image is blank.
I have upgraded a couple machines, scratch built one, and purchased an OEM version on a new laptop. All are the same: blank shortcut icons.
Surely I'm not the only person testing Win8 in a domain environment, right?
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Juke ChouMicrosoft contingent staff, Moderator
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:56 AM
December 4th, 2012 12:58am
Hi,
Thanks for your feedback. I record this.
December 5th, 2012 12:39pm
I have the exact same problem. However, it is NOT the GPO that is causing the problem.
My findings are that if you select any icon that has a UNC path, it will not work. The icon that is displayed is a piece of paper with the top right corner turned downed.
Can anybody use an .ico file with a UNC path?
If you copy the .ico file local the icon will display in a shortcut.
December 12th, 2012 6:22pm
same issue here with workstations on Windows 8. tried changing network permissions on the server, etc, but no matter what permissions are in place no icon on a network path will work, only local icons. please help?
February 13th, 2013 9:06pm
Hi, i have same problem. Anybody solved the problem?
February 27th, 2013 11:15am
Same problem here. I thought there might be something different with Windows 8 in creating the icon files. Anyone make any progress with this yet?
March 18th, 2013 9:52pm
Group Policy
WindowsExplorer.admx (windows 8)
Windows Components\File Explorer\Allow the use of remote paths in file shortcut icons
Regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
EnableShellShortcutIconRemotePath
reg_dword 1
May 17th, 2013 5:57pm
Windows 8 desktop shortcuts have a problem with UNC paths but also the quality of the image can be a problem.
January 24th, 2014 6:12am