Hidden Shares and Shortcuts

[JXBURNS]

I have a project with the following in the script

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Set Variable TARGETDIR to $BOOTPATH$\\H1177
Set Variable DESKTOP to \\\\SHIPSERVER\\UsersDesktops$
Set Variable SHIPAPPS to Desktop\\Shipboard Applications

and later on

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Create Shortcut $DESKTOP$\\MASTER\\$SHIPAPPS$\\TANKER Loading Software to $TARGETDIR$\\TANKER.EXE

Basically this is supposed to install shortcuts onto the users roaming desktop that is shared as UserDesktop$ (i.e. a hidden share).

When I run this it appears to fail because it cannot create the shortcut in this share. I have looked at the MSI.LOG and sure enough a similar error is occuring, before the system rolls back the installation.

I am running this through the GPO Wizard and have set the GPO to 'Always use elevated priviledges' so am not sure why it would object to creating this other than the fact it is a workstation that is running the script effectively from the GPO.

Can anyone see why the software should object to this sort of scenario?

Thanks - John

[JXBURNS]

Answering my own post if of use to others.

I'm reliably informed that unless I grant the group (that the client belongs to) write access to the network share it cannot write to it from within Group Policy when the computer is going through it's startup procedure. I had forgotten that 'raised priviledges' only applies to the client, not the server, even though the server is controlling the update.

John