Environment
Novell ZENworks 7 Desktop Management - ZfD7 Application
Launcher (NAL)
Situation
%*APPDATA% and %*DESKTOP% and %*STARTMENU% can sometimes be
resolved incorrectly, that is to say that they are not resolved for
the currently logged in Windows account, but rather the Local
Service account. For example, the macros that should resolve
to
c:\Documents and Settings\MikeGord\Application Data
c:\Documents and Settings\MikeGord\Desktop
c:\Documents and Settings\MikeGord\Start Menu
are being resolved to
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Application Data
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Desktop
c:\Documents and Settings\LocalService\Start Menu
This has been seen to happen with NAL application objects that
distribute either a registry or INI setting AND a Windows shortcut
that uses one of these special Windows macros. If the
delivered shortcut is in an application object that does not
contain registry or INI modifications, then the macros resolve
correctly.
Resolution
Workaround: Replace the special Windows macros with
Windows macros, such as
%USERPROFILE%\Application Data
%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
%USERPROFILE%\Start Menu
or, alternatively, you could distribute the Windows shortcuts
in a chained application that does not contain registry or INI
modifications.