In normal conditions, we can only create shortcut in a folder, and send to the desktop at best, although Windows 7 supports "Pin to Taskbar" or "Pin to Start Menu", but this is only effective for applications, not for folders. So, is there any more powerful tool to achieve this? Folder2MyPC can add any shortcuts of folders, applications to the "My Computer" or "Control Panel", easy to use and free.

Sometimes you may not like to have the taskbar block your lovely wallpaper, or need the whole desktop to put icons or other gadgets. One solution is to check the "Auto-hide the taskbar" option in the Taskbar Properties (right-click taskbar), in this case the taskbar will not display until you move your mouse to the bottom.

Launchy is a free, open-source Windows desktop enhancement tool, it can arrange a strong "Run" bar on your desktop, you can start the computer program, file, folder and bookmark simply by way of entering some keywords, very fresh and very smart!