DOS program will not run from shortcut (W2K)

[jefhal569]

I am the administrator of a W2k profiled network. We
restrict the users desktop and what they can run by using
GPOs. Every user has a start menu that they pull from a
server.
I have resently installed a DOS based program locally on
a W2k workstation. I created the shortcut on the server
for their start menu and added all the appropiate
executables to Group Policy.
When the user clicks on the shortcut they are getting a
restriction error about not having the correct
permissions to run this program. That same user can go to
Windows Explorer and browse to the directory the program
is installed and click on the executable for the program
and the program runs fine.
I have tried to delete and recreate the shortcut with no
luck. The users are a member of the local powerusers. I
have tried making them a local admin and it still does
not work.
Any help wuld be greatly appreciated as I have been
trying to resolve this for a month now.

[BertImmenschuh]

How are you creating the shortcut? Since double-clicking the executable works, I'd think that right-click and dragging the file to a blank area in the same folder and choosing Create Shortcut Here would also work. If so, right-clicking the shortcut and Send To Desktop should also work.

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[jefhal569]

I have tried to right click and create shortcut then dragging it to the startmenu location. I have tried to cut and paste the short cut and copy the shortcut. The users don't have a desktop so everything is actually on the startmenu.

[BertImmenschuh]

Does the program run if you type in the Run box a command for your program similar to this:
d:\dosman42\dosman.exe

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[jefhal569]

Yes the program runs from the run line. It has to be something with the shortcut.

[motoflop]

Windows has shortcut tracking feature.

Assume user1 creates a shortcut for c:\program1.exe. User2 has also c:\program1.exe and he click that shortcut. Windows starts program1 from user1's pc. Same happens also even if user2 first copies shortcut to his pc. That is shortcut tracking. There is one bit in lnk file, which controls wether tracking is on or off. There is also policy setting for disabling tracking.