script to remove multiple desktop shortcuts for all the users

ShortcutNames = itsm.getParameter('ShortcutNames') # give here the shortcut names with extension. 

#if you want to remove more than one shortcut, please seperate them with comma - ",". for example: google.url , Notepad++.lnk , Google Chrome.lnk

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from subprocess import PIPE, Popen

import ctypes

import os

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class Remove_Shortcut:

    class disable_file_system_redirection:

        _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection

        _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection

        def __enter__(self):

            self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()

            self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))

        def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):

            if self.success:

                self._revert(self.old_value)

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    def executecmd(self,CMD):

        with self.disable_file_system_redirection():

            OBJ = Popen(CMD, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)

            out, err = OBJ.communicate()

            if out:

                print(out)

            else:

                print(err)

    def remove(self,shortcutNames):

        Name_list = shortcutNames.split(",")

        users=os.popen("net users").read().split()[5:-4]

        fil_users=[i.strip() for i in users if i.strip()!="Administrator" and i.strip()!="Guest"]

        fil_users.append("Public")

        for shortcut in Name_list:

            for user in fil_users:

                if os.path.exists("C:\Users\%s"%(user)):

                    path = os.listdir("C:\Users\%s\Desktop"%(user))

                    out = list(filter(lambda n: shortcut.strip().lower() in n.lower(), path))

                    if out:

                        os.remove("C:\Users\%s\Desktop\%s"%(user,out[0]))

                        print("successfully removed the shortcut - %s"%("C:\Users\%s\Desktop\%s"%(user,out[0])))

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shortcut_obj = Remove_Shortcut()

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shortcut_obj.remove(ShortcutNames)