When administering Windows-based systems, sysadmins sometimes find it convenient to use the special All Users folder, where you can drop files that will automatically and immediately become available to all users of that machine.
The most common example is placing a shortcut in the All Users folder on the desktop of a terminal server, so that it's available to all users of that server.
However, with the move to Windows Server 2008/R2, as well as the adoption of the Vista/7 operating systems, you may notice that this folder no longer exists in the file system. So what do you do, and where is it?
Without overthinking it, MS simply renamed it to Public:
C:\Users\Public
Accordingly, if you want to put something on the desktop for all users at once, drop it here:
C:\Users\Public\Desktop
By the way, the folder is hidden, so you'll need to either use some kind of file manager, or simply enable the "Show hidden and system files" checkbox in Explorer's folder options.
P.S. In the Russian localization, the folder is called "Общие" ("Shared").
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