I wish to distribute a template over a network, and the best method I've
seen described is to place the file on the
Server in a network folder, to which all the relevant users
have access.
I believe the next step is to run a batch file (which should
be located in each user's XLStart folder) to fetch a copy of the template to
their local drive, each time they start Excel.

Q1. What might that batch file look like?
Q2. Where does the template copy get stored?

Regards.