Remove Desktop Shortcuts upon update
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Microsoft Edge Update > Applications > Microsoft Edge Canary
Supported on
Microsoft Edge Update 1.3.155.1 and later

If you set this policy to "Force delete system-level Desktop Shortcuts" (1), any existing system-level Microsoft Edge desktop shortcuts will be deleted when the browser updates or the machine reboots. If you set this policy to "Force delete system-level and user-level Desktop Shortcuts" (2), any existing system-level Microsoft Edge desktop shortcuts will be deleted when the browser updates or the machine reboots and any existing user-level desktop shortcuts will be deleted when the browser updates. This includes user-level desktop shortcuts that users might have made themselves. If you don't configure this policy or disable it (0), nothing will happen to existing Microsoft Edge desktop shortcuts. If you don't configure this policy for a channel, the 'Remove Desktop Shortcuts upon update default' policy configuration determines desktop shortcut removal.

Internal name
Pol_RemoveDesktopShortcutMicrosoftEdgeCanary
Policy ID
a1425e1ecdd7
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Part_RemoveDesktopShortcut
ID Part_RemoveDesktopShortcut
enum
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate
Value name
RemoveDesktopShortcut{65C35B14-6C1D-4122-AC46-7148CC9D6497}
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Force delete system-level Desktop Shortcuts (1), Force delete system-level and user-level Desktop Shortcuts (2), Prevent Desktop Shortcut creation on install (0)
Part_RemoveDesktopShortcut
Computer · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\EdgeUpdate
Value name
RemoveDesktopShortcut{65C35B14-6C1D-4122-AC46-7148CC9D6497}
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Force delete system-level Desktop Shortcuts (1), Force delete system-level and user-level Desktop Shortcuts (2), Prevent Desktop Shortcut creation on install (0)