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Published: **May 24, 2023 - 3:24 PM**

Hello,

I'm trying to remove the Google Chrome icon from users' desktops.

I created a package for this and I'm using the command:

`def install():
remove_desktop_shortcut('Google Chrome')`.

I don't get an error message, but the shortcut is still there.

Thank you for your help.

Published: **May 24, 2023 - 9:49 PM**

Is the shortcut on the user's desktop or on the "All Users" desktop? If it's on the user's desktop, you also need to run `session_setup`

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def install():
    remove_desktop_shortcut('Google Chrome')
    
def session_setup():
    remove_user_desktop_shortcut('Google Chrome')

Published: **May 25, 2023 - 1:54 PM**

Despite adding this second command, the icon still does not disappear.

Published: **May 25, 2023 - 2:00 PM**

You can execute the following command:

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wapt-get session-setup nom du paquet  -f

in the user session to see?

Published: **May 25, 2023 - 3:57 PM**

Here's the result:

`wapt-get session-setup srv_truc-icone_visio -f`
Using config file: C:\Program Files (x86)\wapt\wapt-get.ini
Configuring srv_truc-icone_visio ...
Running session_setup for package srv_truc-icone_visio(=0-0) and user paul.ochon
Done

and the icon is still there

Published: **May 25, 2023 - 5:22 PM**

The icon is in:

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C:\Users\Public\Desktop

Or

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C:\Users\username\Desktop

Published: **May 26, 2023 - 08:32**

It is located in c:\users\public\desktop

Published: **May 26, 2023 - 11:15**

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C:\\Users\\Public\\Desktop\\Google\xa0Chrome.lnk

I just noticed that the Chrome space is a non-breaking space

Therefore, we must use...:

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remove_desktop_shortcut('Google\xa0Chrome')

I don't know why they did that...

How I managed to see it:

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print(glob.glob('C:\\Users\\Public\\Desktop\\' + '*.lnk'))

Published: **May 26, 2023 - 1:51 PM**

Great, it worked.

Thank you

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