Creating a Shortcut
 

Thanks in advance for your help.

Currently I have a FAT32 partion @ /mnt/win_c3. I have a folder call "important" that I would like to create a shortcut to on my desktop. I can't find ANYTHING in my context menus or any menu that allows me to create a shortcut ??

Mandriva 2006
kde 3.4

If you are using konqueror, then you can simply drag the directory to the destination and drop it. A pop up menu will ask whether you want to copy, move or link it. Select link. There should be a sub-menu, however in the context menu about creating a link if you right click on the destination. Another way is to use the 'ln -s' command in the shell.

Find the directory you wish to link to using konqueror.
Left click that directory and drag it to your desktop.
Choose "Link Here".
That's it.
If you want to change the icon from a boring folder, right click the icon on your desktop, choose "Properties" and then click on its icon to see some alternatives.
HTH

you can right click on the desktop and "create link to URL" and choose the folder.
or you can also open up a console and type # ln -s /mnt/win_c3 /home/$USER/Desktop/win

When I do that all I get it is "move here" and "copy here" ??

Restarted KDE and it's working fine ! Don't know what happen. It was running for a while. Thanks everyone for your help