ALL Users in Vista? Does it exist?

[Nocturnal]

ALL Users in Vista? Does it exist?

With XP there is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users

If you place a shortcut into the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop - each and every user account created would have that shortcut shown on the desktop. Has this been removed?

 

[Dahak]

I just checked on my vista box, it is still there, but it is a hidden folder under the c:\users folder. It does have some special permission on it, but i have not played with yet, but it is there

 

[stash]

The All Users folder is actually a symbolic link to the c:\ProgramData directory. ProgramData contains junctions (also hidden) to directories in the Public profile (c:\users\public by default).

If you look at the hidden directories, you'll notice you won't have permission, even as admin. This is so you don't mess up the links. As for why it's like this, it's for backwards compatibility reasons, for apps that are hard coded to use things like documents and settings, for example.

So the short answer to your question is to use the Public\Desktop directory.