Qlik Sense hub and qmc shortcuts on desktop not working after URL or port number change

[nd_porter]

Hello,

first time installing Qlik. There was a port conflict on 443 with another program. I turn that off and got into QMC, changed the port to 444 and that works fine; but only when opening it on localhost:444/qmc (same with localhost:444/hub)

Now the shortcuts aren't working. The URL for the shortcuts are 'server.domain.local/qmc' and show 404

How can I change the default shortcuts to open from 'localhost:444/qmc'

Help here much appreciated!

[Sebastian_Linser · Accepted solution]

Hello,

you could use this batch file to update the links on the desktop. 

echo off
echo Set oWS = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") > CreateShortcut.vbs
echo sLinkFile = "c:\users\public\desktop\test.lnk" >> CreateShortcut.vbs
echo Set oLink = oWS.CreateShortcut(sLinkFile) >> CreateShortcut.vbs
echo oLink.TargetPath = "https://localhost:444/qmc" >> CreateShortcut.vbs
echo oLink.Description = "Qlik QMC Port 444" >> CreateShortcut.vbs
echo oLink.IconLocation = "%SystemRoot%\Installer\{C39B2056-D98C-4D90-80C4-CFD07F1278D2}\Icon_QMC" >> CreateShortcut.vbs
echo oLink.Save >> CreateShortcut.vbs
cscript CreateShortcut.vbs
del CreateShortcut.vbs

You adjust the:

• sLinkfile, name of the file will be shown on desktop (in the example here its "test")
• TargetPath, which is the link you want it to point to
• Description, if you hover over with the mouse
• IconLocation, this one i copied from the existing icon of the old link. The value above is from Sense Nov 2020, but might be the same for others as well.

best regards

Sebastian