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I have observed that if you press backspace several times in Explorer you get a folder with extra items on it. That includes network drives, Home, personal user folder, libraries and so. Not the regular C:\users(username)\desktop folder.

I would like to create a shortcut to this folder because it seems more useful.

Peter Mortensen
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When I press backspace several times in Explorer I get to shell:Desktop.

You can use that shell folder command also in shortcuts: explorer shell:Desktop

swbbl
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You want a shortcut to the virtual Desktop, the root of the Shell namespace. To create a shortcut to this folder that bheaves like a "normal" shortcut to a folder -- navigating the current folder to the shortcudt target rather than opening a new window with an Explorer command, you can't use the shortcut wizard, but you can create it with a few lines of PowerShell code.

You can copy and paste the following block of code into a PowerShell window. It will create the shortcut in whatever directory the window is open to.

$LnkFile = (New-Object -com wscript.shell).CreateShortcut(('{0}\Desktop.lnk' -f $PWD.Path))
$LnkFile.TargetPath  = "KnownFolder:{B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641}"
$LnkFile.Description = "Virtual Desktop"
$LnkFile.Save()
Keith Miller
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