You have a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008. You enable any of the following Group Policy settings to remove the corresponding options from the screen after you press CTRL+ALT+DEL:

However, the keyboard shortcuts for the options that you have removed still work after you press CTRL+ALT+DEL. For example, you can press ALT+L to log off from the computer, and you can press ALT+W to switch to another user.

Notes

• The Hide entry points for Fast User Switching Group Policy setting also removes the Switch User option from the logon screen and from the Shut down menu.
• For more information about how to configure these Group Policy settings, see the More information section.

In a non-English Windows 7 or Windows Vista system, if we move a shortcut file with a localized file name from the Start menu to desktop, the name of shortcut will be displayed in English after being moved.

For example, if we drag and drop the “??” shortcut to the desktop in a Simplified Chinese Windows system, it will be displayed as “Command Prompt” rather than the localized name, “??”.

Consider the following scenario:

• You log in to a Windows 2008 Server using Remote Desktop.
• You are using a roaming profile.
• Icons are viewed as Large or Middle size icons (shortcut (.url)) on desktop.
• You have changed an Icon image to be different than its default icon.

In this scenario when you use remote desktop you notice that the icon that is displayed for Internet shortcut files changes to the default system icon.

Consider the following scenario:

• You create a shortcut for a network share in a Windows operating system that is earlier than Windows Vista, such as Windows XP.
• You upgrade the operating system to Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008.
• You open the shortcut in Windows Vista or in Windows Server 2008, and then you create a new file or folder in the network share to which the shortcut points.

In this scenario, the newly created file or folder does not appear until you update the screen.

On a Windows Vista-based computer or on a Windows Server 2008-based client computer, you create a shortcut to a DFS link in the Favorite Links folder (%Userprofile%\Links). However, when you try to click the shortcut in Windows Explorer, the contents of the DFS share do not appear.

Note: This problem does not occur if the shortcut points to a DFS root folder or if the shortcut uses the UNC path for the target share.

On a computer that has Internet Explorer 7 installed, you click a hyperlink that links to an Internet shortcut file. Then, you save the shortcut file to the local disk. When you double-click the shortcut file, you cannot open the file. Additionally, you receive an error message that resembles the following:

Problem with Shortcut
The target “” of this Internet Shortcut is not valid. Go to the Internet Shortcut property sheet and make sure the target is correct.

If you examine the properties of the Internet shortcut file when this problem occurs, the Type of file field indicates that the file type is Internet Shortcut (.url). However, the Web Document tab may disappear. Also, on the Details tab, the URL string may disappear.

Consider the following scenario:

• On a Windows Vista-based computer, you have a shortcut for an executable application. The application uses a command-line parameter to open multiple files at the same time.
• You drag multiple files onto the shortcut to start the application.
• The list of files is passed to the application together with the command-line parameter.

In this scenario, the application does not start if the length of the combined paths of the files exceeds 160 characters (MAX_PATH).

An application does not start in Windows Vista when you drag two or more files onto the application shortcut.

Note: This behavior also occurs when you start an application after you register the shortcut on the Send menu.

Consider the following scenario. You create an Internet shortcut. When you create the Internet shortcut, you specify the icon path of the Internet shortcut. The icon path of the Internet shortcut includes a system variable. For example, you create the Internet shortcut by using the following code.

[InternetShortcut]
  URL=http://www.microsoft.com/
  IconFile=%systemroot%\test.ico
  IconIndex=0

In this scenario, the Internet shortcut does not display the correct icon. Instead, a generic icon is displayed.

Note: This problem occurs on computers that are running Windows Internet Explorer 7.

You drag multiple files onto the shortcut for an executable on a Windows Vista-based computer. In this case, the executable starts, and the list of files that are dragged is passed as a list of command-line parameters. However, the executable does not start in some cases.