Group policy for Quick Access pins

Question

_{Wednesday, January 4, 2017 3:56 PM | 2 votes}

Hi am working on a new Windows Server 2016 acting as a Domain Controller. I would like to deploy Quick Access 'pins' via Group Policy show that network shares are automatically applied to around 100+ users.

***We are not using drive mappings in this instance and Quick Access pins must be used***

I have been trying to add a 'shortcut' in user policy but can not seem to find a way to get the shortcut to appear in the Quick Access.

Am I missing something or is this not doable?

All replies (5)

_{Thursday, January 5, 2017 1:06 PM}

Hi,

As far as I know, there is no setting about quick access in group policy.

To use quick access, here is an article below may be helpful to you.

How to Clean Up and Tame Quick Access in Windows 10

https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/quick-access-windows-10/

Please Note: Since the web site is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.

Best Regards,

Jay

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_{Monday, January 23, 2017 6:27 AM}

Hi,

Are there any updates?

If the reply above has resolved your problem, please mark it as answer as it would be helpful to anyone who encounters the similar issue.

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Jay

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_{Thursday, February 2, 2017 12:05 PM}

Hi,

Are there any feedbacks?

Best Regards,

Jay

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_{Wednesday, June 21, 2017 7:52 AM}

I can't find any way to control what shortcuts (eg shared network folders) gets added to the Quick access menu based on group membership via GPO.

What gives?
Did I just look in the wrong location or is this not doable?

//AvG

_{Thursday, November 30, 2017 8:03 AM | 3 votes}

Maybe a little late but I found out that its doable with a powershell login script via GPO:

#Pin to Quick Access
$folder = "c:\temp\folder"
$QuickAccess = New-Object -ComObject shell.application
$QuickAccess.Namespace($folder).Self.InvokeVerb("pintohome")

#Unpin From Quick access
$folder = "c:\temp\folder"
$QuickAccess = New-Object -ComObject shell.application
($QuickAccess.Namespace("shell:::{679f85cb-0220-4080-b29b-5540cc05aab6}").Items() | where {$_.path -eq $folder}).InvokeVerb("unpinfromhome")