Create Desktop Shortcut for Windows Explorer

1.Right click an empty area of the desktop and choose New --> Shortcut

2.In the Command line box insert this line: C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e,d:\

Change the d:\ in the line above to the directory you wish to open.

As an example if you had a folder named data in c:\ you would change the line to C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e,c:\data

3.Click Next.

4.Choose a name for the shortcut and click Finish.

Done.