How to Create Your Own Special User Folder
I am dutch but for this tutorial I set my mui to English to make it easier on you.
Here I have a folder called "Installatie" (that's dutch for Installation)
I want to make a special folder in my username (in this case Michel on the left pane), that I will call "Installatie" also, for easy reference.
Here's How:
1. Open an elevated command prompt.Good luck.
By default it will open in C:\Windows\System32 even if you are on x64 windows.2. Type cd\users\username (in my case username is Michel)
The prompt will now show "c:\users\username>3. Type mklink /d Installatie d:\Installatie and press enter.
We will now use the "MKLINK" command.
Explanation:
mklink /d is the command means, link to folder
where I typed Installatie, you have to type the name you want to give to your special folder.
where I typed d:\Installatie, you have to type the location of the folder you want to point to.
If you did it right, you should get an output saying:
symbolic link created for Installatie <<===>> d:\installatie
See the screenshot.
Now in the explorer you will see the following.
I gave the folder another icon, through the properties-> customize->change icon.
Warning!! for chosing a icon don't use shell32.dll because the icons will show up to small in the right pane, browse to \windows\system32\imageres.dll instead and chose an icon from there.
You might also notice that your folder has an shortcut arrow and mine doesn't.
For getting rid of the shortcut arrows, you can go to this great tutorial of our esteemed colleague "Brink":
Shortcut Arrow - Change, Remove, or Restore
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