Desktop Folder
The files of any type located on your desktop are stored, in part, in the Desktop folder located in the root user folder. These files can be any type but are typically shortcuts (link files), applications, or documents. When a user first logs on and their root user folder is created, their Desktop folder has very little in it. (Currently Windows 7 Service Pack 1 deposits a shortcut file to the Windows Recycle Bin in the Desktop folder of all new users.)
Just because there is only one shortcut file in the user’s Desktop folder does not mean the user has only one file or icon on their desktop. Interestingly, the files on your desktop have more than one source of origin. In older versions of Windows, any file that appears in the ...
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