Configure and manage Group Policy - Administering Windows Server 2012 R2 - page 376

■ File system object A Windows path, including a file, folder, share or computer. If the
path includes a mapped drive, it is only available in User mode.
■ Shell object An object within the Windows shell, such as a printer, desktop or
Control Panel item. Can also be any file system object.
The actions available with the Shortcut preference extension are these:
■ Create Creates a shortcut if the shortcut doesn't already exist.
■ Delete Removes a shortcut if it exists.
■ Replace Combines the actions of Delete and Create, replacing an existing shortcut
with a new one, or creating a new one if it doesn't exist.
■ Update Modifies an existing shortcut without deleting it and re-creating it. It does
not overwrite existing settings except those explicitly set in the preference, but creates
a new shortcut if the shortcut doesn't exist.

EXAM TIP
By default, variables in the target path of a shortcut preference are resolved by Group
policy before it is created, replaced or updated. this is usually not what was intended and
can lead to a compelling, but incorrect, answer. You need to use unresolved variable syntax
for variables to allow them to be resolved in the environment of the user or computer. So,
for example, %USerNaMe% will resolve to the user creating the preference. this likely
was not what was intended. Instead, use %<USerNaMe>% to cause the username of the
logged on user to be used.

Coniguring Control panel settings
The Control Panel settings in Table 6-3 are available for both Computer Configuration
preferences and User Configuration preferences.

TABLE 6-3 Control Panel settings

Extension Action

Data Sources extension Creates, deletes, replaces, or updates Open Database Connectivity

(ODBC) data source names

Devices extension Enables or disables hardware devices or classes of devices

Folder Options extension Configures folder options

Creates, deletes, replaces, or updates Open With associations for file
name extensions
Creates, deletes, replaces, or updates file name extensions associated
with a type of files

Internet Settings extension Modifies user-configurable Internet settings

Local Users and Groups
extension

Creates, deletes, replaces, or updates local users and groups