Customising the dock via WGM

Hello
I am currently customising the dock for a series of ICT suites in our school, have got everything pretty much looking how i want but i cant get the Network Home to show on the dock, even with it ticked and various options tested.
I wonder if i have ticked something that may affect this option without realising.
Can anyone offer any assistance in solving this issue.
Thanks

These commands should help track down what's gone wrong:
mcxquery - Managed Client (MCX) compositor query tool
mcxrefresh - Managed Client (MCX) preference refresh tool
Open Terminal and type: 'man mcxquery' or 'man mcxrefresh' for details.

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ed-n-burra wrote:
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