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Maybe this is a dumb question

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by mfisher31 Apr 30, 2009 last reply Apr 30, 2009

Closed to new repliesThis discussion is closed. It stays readable, but it takes no new replies.

I'm not a professional IT person but I do read these articles and posts. Please explain to me how this Windows Explorer tweak is different from putting a shortcut to a frequently-visited folder on your Desktop?

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by captbilly1eye Apr 30, 2009

Missed its thread.

by gadgetgirl Apr 30, 2009

this "dumb question" was posted as a discussion.... :p

by the scummy one Apr 30, 2009

I have made a comment before and had it turn up like this.

Also, I have made a comment to one thread and discovered a secret hidden thread (which I could not find except from looking in my posts).
So, who knows, it was a TR glitch or a wrong click...

by notsochiguy Apr 30, 2009

A minor solar flare caused the travel of the post to be redirected to an alternate location?

by charliespencer Apr 30, 2009

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/itdojo/?p=537

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/window-on-windows/?p=816

If so, you may want to go back to that discussion and add your comments to it.

In short, there isn't much difference. The effect is the same. Like so many other things in Windows, there are multiple ways to accomplish the same task.

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