How do you create a 'Folder Shortcut' in Windows Explorer?

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Solution 1

OK, figured it out.

Go to the 'My Network Places' folder, and double-click on 'Add Network Places', then just browse for the folder and hit OK.

Solution 2

Right click the folder and select "Create Shortcut". Move the shortcut to wherever.

Solution 3

You see 'Favorites' section in left pane.

Drag your folder and drop it in this 'Favorites' section.

A link (shortcut) will be created in the tree structure of 'Favorites'.

Next time you start windows explorer - you can just open your folder by clicking the icon in this Favorites section.

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Lance Roberts

Control Systems Engineer. Most people want to stick their head in the sand and ignore problems, in an effort to avoid conflict. I refuse to be that passive person. Problems are there to be fixed, which means that first they have to identified. Denial is not just a river in Egypt.

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Lance Roberts almost 2 years

I need to create a 'Folder Shortcut' in Windows Explorer in Windows 2000. I don't mean a mapped drive, just a Folder Shortcut to a shared network folder (it will end up as a first-level object under My Network Places).
Lance Roberts almost 15 years

I've tried that, doesn't work. It won't let me place it under Network Neighborhood in Windows Explorer.
Lance Roberts almost 15 years

It won't move to the 'My Network Place' folder (though there already Folder Shortcuts there, so there must be a way).