[Stu719]

If you're like me and you prefer to put most of your desktop shortcuts into folders, you'll probably agree with me that it would be nice to have a different icon for each folder. Unfortunately, all folders have the same boring yellow folder icon, which can get really confusing if you have 5 or 6 different folders with shortcuts on the desktop. Here's how to get around that:

1. Create a new directory somewhere on your C:\ drive called "Desktop Shortcuts" or something.

2. For each shortcut folder that you want to create on your desktop (ie, multimedia, utilities, printer tools, etc), create a new subfolder within the "Desktop Shortcuts" folder.

3. Drag each of these subfolders to your desktop with the right mouse button and select to "Create Shortcut here".

4. Now go to the desktop again and right-click on one of the folders and go to "Properties".

5. Click on the "Shortcut" tab and go to "Change Icon" and select the icon you want to use!!

6. These shortcuts work just like regular folders now. You can double-click them to see the contents and you can drag things into them!

Hope this enlightened at least a few people. . .

Stu