Windows 7 allows you to pin applications and shortcuts to the taskbar... quite awesome. However, it doesn't appear to allow you to pin folders, or shortcuts to folders. Yossarko at the Something Awful forums had a clever idea - to create a springboard application that takes a folder name as a command line parameter... you can then create a shortcut to this application, with a folder name as a parameter, and pin that shortcut. Since it's an application, it can pin without hassles.
And so, I present to you, Springboard.
To use, create a shortcut to the application and give it a meaningful name... probably the target folder (e.g Downloads). Next, go to the properties of the shortcut, and edit the target field, adding the name of the folder you want to create a shortcut to... e.g. springboard.exe d:\downloads.
Finally, you can pin this shortcut to the taskbar.
Standard disclaimer: this application should work as described, but I won't be held responsible for any damage that may arise out of the use thereof.
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You are a nerd :D
Nice little tool Dhiren, thanks.
This is such fascinating information, very impressive. You are definately gifted
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