Where does Windows 10 (1703+) store the Desktop icon positions?

Question

Does somebody know where recent versions of Windows 10 store their Desktop icon positions?

I already found this question: Where does Windows store icon positions? - however this only works for older Windows 10 releases. Since version 1703 there seem to be some new registry values, especially the IconLayouts binary values - and the old itemPosXXXxXXXxX disappeared. - See this Technet thread: Explanation of itempos and iconlayouts registry values - However it does not contain a solution on how to "export" and "import" the icon positions. And just exporting and importing the well-known registry keys does not work.

It's simply to add some required icons to a user profile at a defined position (Version 1809 LTSC). In detail, there are just pre-defined icons without any changes by a user. I can live with the icons just being squeezed into the upper left corner of the Desktop, but having them at some more intuitive positions would be a nice-to-have feature.

Answer 1

As for now without finding any appropriate answer in the web, I still have to admit, there is not built-in solution. And therefore may previous statement seems to stay valid:

Since version 1703 there seem to be some new registry values, especially the IconLayouts binary values - and the old itemPosXXXxXXXxX disappeared. - See this Technet thread: Explanation of itempos and iconlayouts registry values - However it does not contain a solution on how to "export" and "import" the icon positions. And just exporting and importing the well-known registry keys does not work.