Where is the Desktop (or the Startup Menu)?

I am so tired of having to look up the location of the Desktop folder and Startup folder and all the other folders in various operating systems. I'm going to start this article and blog the folder location every time I have to look them up.  If I can add one for you please email it to support@dyndeveloper.com        

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Server 2012

All Users Desktop: C:\Users\Public\Desktop
Start menu C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Windows 7

Desktop:  C:\users\<username>\desktop 

Note that C:\users\Public\Desktop is hidden, but if you just type it in it's there.

Server 2008

Startup Folder: %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp  
All Users Desktop: C:\Users\Public\Desktop

            


 

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