Copy a file to all users' desktops.

Question

I want to copy a PDF file to all users' desktops, so I created a GPP to do this and it works if I place the source file, the PDF, on a shared folder.
However, my GPP will span a large network, across half the globe, thus having the PDF on a file server in one location will take a long time to copy to users' workstations in another location. I thus would like to replicate the PDF file along all the DCs
using the NETLOGON folder.
I thus placed the file in the following folder on my local domain controller:
C:\Windows\SYSVOL\sysvol\brightstarcorp.com\scripts\APAC\Files for APAC users
In my GPP, I used the following reference for the location of the PDF file:
Source: %logonserver%\NetLogon\APAC\Files for APAC users\APAC IT Support Contact Details final.pdf
Target: %userprofile%\desktop\APAC IT Support Contact Details final.pdf
Is this the correct way to do this?
My GPP is created on a Win2012 server for Win2008 domain controllers and Win7 clients.

Answer 1

When I put this in Explorer on the test machine:
%logonserver%\NetLogon\APAC\Files for APAC users\APAC IT Support Contact Details final.pdf
I get the error:
"Windows cannot access \\MyADServer01\NetLogon\APAC\Files for APAC users\APAC IT Support Contact Details final.pdf"
But when I put this into Explorer"
%logonserver%\NetLogon\APAC\Files for APAC users\
....it opens the folder (replacing the %LOGONSERVER% with the domain controller name "MyADServer01" and displays the file. I can then double-click the file and open it.
Using the DC name or not, with the filename in the Explorer address bar, it will not open the file.
Event Viewer:
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Group Policy Files
Date:          27/12/2014 7:39:38 PM
Event ID:      4098
Task Category: (2)
Level:         Warning
Keywords:      Classic
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      TestWS.mydomain.com
Description:
The user 'APAC IT Support Contact Details final.pdf' preference item in the 'APAC - Add IP Support Document to Workstation {E31F55EA-EF46-400B-A77A-012ECF400EC7}' Group Policy object did not apply because it failed with error code '0x80070002 The system cannot
find the file specified.' This error was suppressed.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
  <System>
    <Provider Name="Group Policy Files" />
    <EventID Qualifiers="34305">4098</EventID>
    <Level>3</Level>
    <Task>2</Task>
    <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-12-27T08:39:38.000000000Z" />
    <EventRecordID>258023</EventRecordID>
    <Channel>Application</Channel>
    <Computer>TestWS.mydomain.com</Computer>
    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
  </System>
  <EventData>
    <Data>user</Data>
    <Data>APAC IT Support Contact Details final.pdf</Data>
    <Data>APAC - Add IP Support Document to Workstation {E31F55EA-EF46-400B-A77A-012ECF400EC7}</Data>
    <Data>0x80070002 The system cannot find the file specified.</Data>
  </EventData>
</Event>
Strange!