GPP Shortcuts using Mapped Drive Paths

Question

I have been using Group Policy Preferences to map drives to a network share.  I then have a number of shorcuts created to items on that network share using the fixed drive letter.
So for example Shortcut1 points to L:\program\program.exe.  Mapped drives were used rather than unc paths for a number of reasons.
This works correctly with XP SP3.
On a Win7 client the shorcuts are not created and event log shows:-
'0x80070002 The system cannot find the file specified.'
I'm guessing the order in which the preferences are applied may of changed in Win7?

Answer 1

I'm having the same issue here.  Win 7 SP1 Ent Workstations, Windows Svr 2008 R2 AD  And tested successfully ONLY under a domain admin account.  It appears the Policy and the GPP Shortcut functionality does work at least in a very specfic
scenario.  Anyone still working on this or monitoring this thread?  If no, I'll start my own new one.
Policy looks like this:
Action: Update:
Name: C:\Users\Public\Desktop\<Shortcut Name>
Target type: File System Object
Location: <Specify full parth>
Target path: Z:\<Path to desired folder>
Arguments: <Blank>
Start in: Z:\<same path as target>
Shortcut key: None
Run: Normal Window
Commment: <Blank>
Icon file path: Z:\<same path again>\Library.ico
Icon index: 0
Common tab has only "Run in logged-on user's security context (user policy option) checked.
Drive Mappings are done by login script .bat file containing simple Net use commands.  And drive is confirmed connected on login. Users have a mix of modify and read\execute only rights to the target folder.  The GPO is security filtered to
limited test users, specfically identified here,  not by group membership.  Regardless, the two of those accounts are my own, one a standard, and the other my domain admin account which has full control of the folder.  The only user
for which this policy implements correctly, is my Domain Admin account.
For all others I have the following in the event viewer:
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Group Policy Shortcuts
Date:          5/14/2012 3:08:26 PM
Event ID:      4098
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      <Omitted>
Description:
The user '<GPO Policy Name>' preference item in the '<GPO Policy Name> {6ABB0D0E-20BB-4B24-944C-7AD442E75262}' Group Policy object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x80070005 Access is denied.' This error was suppressed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Group Policy Shortcuts" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="34305">4098</EventID>
    <Level>3</Level>
    <Task>2</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-05-14T19:08:26.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>465937</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer><computername></Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>user</Data>
    <Data>Caspian Compliance Manual</Data>
    <Data>Caspian Compliance Manual {6ABB0D0E-20BB-4B24-944C-7AD442E75262}</Data>
    <Data>0x80070005 Access is denied.</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>
and
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Group Policy Shortcuts
Date:          5/14/2012 3:08:26 PM
Event ID:      4099
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      <Omitted>
Description:
The client-side extension could not log RSoP data because it failed with error code '0x80041002 Not found'.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Group Policy Shortcuts" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="34305">4099</EventID>
    <Level>3</Level>
    <Task>2</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2012-05-14T19:08:26.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>465938</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer><computername></Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>0x80041002 Not found</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>