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Public Desktop:

All Users Start Menu:

Both:

$Shell = New-Object -ComObject WScript.Shell

$Location1 = "C:\Users\public\Desktop"
$Location2 = "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs"
$Application = "Remote Desktop.lnk"

$TargetPath = "C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\msrdcw.exe"
$IconLocation = "C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\msrdcw.exe"
$Description = "Microsoft Remote Desktop Client"
$WorkingDirectory = "C:\Program Files\Remote Desktop\"

if (-Not (Test-Path $Location1\$Application)) {
$Shortcut = $shell.CreateShortcut("$Location1\$Application")
$Shortcut.TargetPath = "$TargetPath"
$Shortcut.IconLocation = "$IconLocation"
$Shortcut.Description = "$Description"
$Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = "$WorkingDirectory"
$Shortcut.Save()
}

if (-Not (Test-Path $Location2\$Application)) {
$Shortcut = $shell.CreateShortcut("$Location2\$Application")
$Shortcut.TargetPath = "$TargetPath"
$Shortcut.IconLocation = "$IconLocation"
$Shortcut.Description = "$Description"
$Shortcut.WorkingDirectory = "$WorkingDirectory"
$Shortcut.Save()
}

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