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  • Why the desktop? Why not just create a normal folder e.g. C:\Share and place a shortcut for it on the user desktop?
    – Seth
    Commented Jan 25, 2017 at 11:40
  • @Seth Because that's where almost all average users store stuff, right on the desktop. Like I said, a folder on the public desktop is a solution, and everyone can see it, but you can't really count on everyone actually using it, either they forget to, or they just find it an additional hassle for them.
    – Waleed Hamra
    Commented Jan 25, 2017 at 12:10
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    You might try using folder redirection or mklink but educating your users is probably the better option. see also the following question as it might have an answer: Can you change the location of the Desktop folder in Windows?
    – Seth
    Commented Jan 25, 2017 at 12:15
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    I definitely agree with Seth's assessment. We are always glad to help, but this is more of an end-user education challenge than a technical problem. Taking it a step further, you don't have a file server on the domain? In my experience, end-users are only too happy to fill up a file server with shared files and folders.
    – Run5k
    Commented Jan 25, 2017 at 13:02
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    If that's the case, I would try to emphasize the file server. On our domain, we use Group Policy Preferences to automatically map the file server shares for each end user: the "P:" drive is for their personal files, the "W:" drive is for the teams' working files, etc. It sounds like you have a nice tech solution available for your end-users, but their mental perspective is still focused as though they were working on a computer at home. Again, some customer education seems like it could alleviate the problem.
    – Run5k
    Commented Jan 25, 2017 at 13:19