RIPS_Shortcut.Copy

>> If you login to Edline as the SuperUser, and select “Manage School”, you can see the **direct URL** to your Edline site—that’s what I use. Ours is @https://www.edline.net/pages/kenwoodhs >> DEFUNCT: Another popular Edline shortcut used to be to the Easy Grade Pro Web program launcher and used the address **%SYSTEMDRIVE%\EasyGradeProWeb\EGPStarter.exe** //NOTE: It was necessary to create this shortcut on a machine where Easy Grade Pro was currently installed. Since that was not your building's -fs1 server, it was necessary to create the shortcut on a computer, then move it to the shared drive, then to the "Teacher Shortcuts" folder on your -fs1 server (see step 2, above).//** EXPLANATION: ** This method is no longer recommended by Edline due to updates to Easy Grade Pro Web program which do not function properly if users don't login through the Edline website. **Modification:** Assist users to setup a shortcut on their desktop to Firefox [in BASE image "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"] //or// to the the Google Chrome (//must be downloaded and installed//) browser, which seems to load more quickly than Internet Explorer 7...
 * Create a Shortcut**
 * 1) Login to your –fs1 server
 * 2) Open your Liaisons folder in the express share, or from “**Start**,” select “**My Comput**er” and navigate to this folder **D:\Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\Liaisons**
 * 3) Create a new folder for all the shortcuts called “Teacher Shortcuts”—that makes it easier to go back later and just toss another one in the folder, as needed
 * 4) Right-click on the empty space on the desktop of the computer you're currently working on, and select “New Shortcut” from the pop-up menu//.//
 * 5) Type the **URL** in the space, and click “**Next**”.
 * 1) Type the Name you want displayed in the desktop icon in the space, and click “Finish”
 * 2) Close the “Liaison” folder when you’re finished adding shortcuts. //I also copy STARS, SWIPE for all teachers, and STARS At-Home and Email-At-Home to Teacher Laptops.//


 * Create a New Job to Copy the Shortcut**
 * 1) Open the Deployment Console
 * 2) In the left column, you should see a list of computers (top section) and a list of jobs (bottom section). In the list of jobs, right-click on the “Software Installs” or whatever folder in which the majority of the RIPs you use are located. Select “New Job” from the pop-up menu.
 * 3) Right-click on the “New Job ####” and select “Properties” from the pop-up menu.
 * 4) Name it something recognizable
 * 5) Click on the “Add > >” button (lower-right section of “Job Properties” window) and select “Copy File To” from the pop-up menu.
 * 6) Select the “Copy directory” radio button. Copy subdirectories appears and is checked by default—doesn’t matter for our purposes. You can click the folder icon and navigate directly to the Liaison folder, which should be D:\Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\Liaisons. Highlight the folder which contains the shortcut(s) you wish to copy to all machines’ desktops, and click “OK”
 * 7) If you wish to copy an Edline shortcut to both the desktops of all teachers and the desktops of all students, you must do both (a) and then repeat steps 9-10 and do (b) below.
 * 8) Change the destination path to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop to copy all shortcuts as icons on the desktop of all teachers who login to the computers. Click “Next” and then “Finish”
 * 9) Change the destination path to C:\Documents and Settings\Student\Desktop to copy all shortcuts as icons on the desktop of all students who login to the computers. Click “Next” and then “Finish”
 * 10) Click “OK” to close the “Job Properties” window.


 * Run the Job**
 * 1) Suggestion: If you’re going to run the job on all computers, it’s probably a good idea to schedule it before or after school (not that it’ll take that long to copy) and schedule it in batches of 5 computers at 5 minute intervals to prevent server sluggishness