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  1. Right-click on the desktop and choose New > Shortcut.
  2. In the location field, enter C:\Windows\explorer.exe
  3. Click Next.
  4. Name the shortcut or leave it as explorer.exe
  5. Click Finish.
  6. Right-click on the shortcut and choose Properties.
  7. Change the target to C:\Windows\explorer.exe /n, /e, [location of your folder]. For example, to make Explorer open the C:\ drive folder, it would look like this: You can use a subfolder too, such as C:\Users
  8. Click OK. Now, whenever you click that shortcut, your desired folder will open instead of the default. You can do this with as many folders as you wish.

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