{"id":1203,"date":"2015-12-01T13:06:05","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2019-10-18T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:34:05","slug":"sharing-public-user-folder-in-windows-server-2012-r2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/sharing-public-user-folder-in-windows-server-2012-r2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Public User folder in Windows Server 2012 R2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Users often ask if there is way to share documents between users on a remote desktop \/ terminal server running Windows Server 2012 R2.\u00a0 There are multiple methods to accomplish this and below is one method to consider:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>All user (administrators and non-administrators) should have permissions to view the documents in the Public User\u2019s \u201cPublic Documents\u201d Folder.<\/li>\n<li>You can navigate to this folder by going to This PC -&gt; Local Disk C: -&gt; Users -&gt; Public User<\/li>\n<li>For easy access to this folder, you can right click on the Public User\u2019s \u201cPublic Documents\u201d Folder, click on \u201ccreate shortcut\u201d and copy the shortcut to your desktop (or pin to start or both)<\/li>\n<li>OR when you right click, select \u201cInclude in library\u201d and select \u201cDocuments\u201d (or create new library) which will include a shortcut to this folder in your library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Public_Folder_2012R2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1215\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Public_Folder_2012R2-285x300.png\" alt=\"Public_Folder_2012R2\" width=\"285\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Public_Folder_2012R2-285x300.png 285w, https:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Public_Folder_2012R2.png 522w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users often ask if there is way to share documents between users on a remote desktop \/ terminal server running Windows Server 2012 R2.\u00a0 There are multiple methods to accomplish this and below is one method to consider: All user (administrators and non-administrators) should have permissions to view the documents in the Public User\u2019s \u201cPublic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[80],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","tag-windows-server-2012r2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sharing Public User folder in Windows Server 2012 R2 - Riptide Hosting - superior uptime and support\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"RiptideHosting\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/sharing-public-user-folder-in-windows-server-2012-r2\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Riptide Hosting - superior uptime and support - Access your programs and files from anywhere! 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