Deployment Solution

We have a group of shortcuts that we would like to mass-copy to users' desktops for the sake of convenience (and one less thing for us to worry about). We would like to copy these files to C:\Public\Public Desktop which is a hidden folder. I have created a "Copy File To" job but, instead of copying the file to that hidden folder, another (non-hidden) Public Dekstop folder is created. This, of course, does not place the shortcut on the users' desktop. Is there a way to specify that hidden folder within the job? We are running Deployment Solution 6.9 SP4 on a Windows 2008 Standard. The PCs I'm trying to run this job to are Windows 7 X64. Thank you in advance for the help.

If I am understanding you correctly...

To copy to the desktop for all users on a machine you need to copy to this location:

C:\Users\Public\Desktop

In Windows 7, the path is C:\Users\Public\Public Desktop but it is a hidden folder and I'm thinking that's where the problem lies. When I run the copy job, DS creates a new, unhidden Public Desktop folder but does not copy the file to the actual public desktop.

"C:\Users\Public\Public Desktop" does not really exist and is actually an "alias" for all user's desktop path which is "C:\Users\Public\Desktop".

We script or copy files and shortcuts to C:\Users\Public\Desktop and are able to do what you are attempting, as well. Anything copied to that location will show up on every user's desktop on that machine.