Thanks to everybody who responded to this. Easy as pie once you know what you're doing.
William S. Stephan Procurement Analyst, Kansas City District National Contracting Organization Building Strong(r) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office: 816-389-3801 FAX: 816-389-2029 Help us in Building Strong! Please tell us how we are doing. Visit our Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) Website at: http://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=card&service_provider_id=110800&service_cate gory_id=14 -----Original Message----- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 3:34 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A Desktop Shortcut Question Right click on folder, and on send to, submenu, hit enter on desktop (create shortcut), and you might need to then rename it on the desktop itself, since will most likely have a name starting with something like shortcut to... or on later versions of windows it might be something like folderName (shortcut). However, remember that in folder/file listings, you can type up to the first 3 letters of an item to try get to it a bit more quickly. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephan, William S NWK" <william.s.step...@usace.army.mil> To: <blind-computing@jaws-users.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:41 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] A Desktop Shortcut Question > All: I frequently have to access and edit files which reside on a public > drive. The drive has hundreds of folders/directories on it, which means > using the first letter to find a folder is extremely time-consuming. I > want > to build a shortcut to the folder I need and have it reside on my desktop. > I'm pretty sure this is doable, I actually think I've done it by accident > a > couple times. Of course, that means I have no idea what I did. Can > somebody > give me a quick couple keystrokes to get this done? Thanks in advance. > > > William S. Stephan > Procurement Analyst, Kansas City District National Contracting > Organization > > Building Strong(r) > U.S. Army Corps of Engineers > Office: 816-389-3801 > FAX: 816-389-2029 > > Help us in Building Strong! Please tell us how we are doing. Visit our > Interactive Customer Evaluation (ICE) Website at: > > http://ice.disa.mil/index.cfm?fa=card&service_provider_id=110800&service_cate > gory_id=14 > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
