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Script to Fix the Delivery Services Console Shortcut

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This script will update any shortcuts to the Delievery Services Console (DSC) and Access Management Console (AMC).

Launching the DSC or AMC on 64-bit system is a bit of a challenge. The CmiLaunch.exe does not work correctly on a 64-bit system. It does not start and we receive the following three errors in the System Event Logs:

Event Source: SideBySide
Event ID: 59
Description: Generate Activation Context failed for C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\mmc.exe. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.

Event Source: SideBySide
Event ID: 59
Description: Resolve Partial Assembly failed for Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls. Reference error message: The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.

Event Source: SideBySide
Event ID: 32
Description: Dependent Assembly Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls could not be found and Last Error was The referenced assembly is not installed on your system.

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The Challenges of Using VBScript to Create Shortcuts

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Updated 8th December 2008…

Today I was finalising the application deployment for a new XenApp farm. One of the final scripts to create was to place 9 shortcuts on the Desktop of the All Users profile. That’s quite a simple task, and for the most part some would probably just end up copying a bunch of previously created ones into place. But that would be too easy. I wanted to create them on the fly!

So whilst I was writing the script I was faced with three challenges:

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