Right click on an empty spot on your desktop. Select New - Shortcut Browse to or type C:\windows\explorer.exe under Command Line Click Next and Assign a name like "Windows Explorer" Now you should have the active icon on your desktop and you can copy it or move it wherever you want. Or am I making this too simple? Good :Luck Don On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:03:26 +1300 "DH (Rick) Holmes" <hayvan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Judith....I'm afraid that was not the answer. Doing that opened up a > folder headed "MyDocuments", and the MyDocuments folder was > highlighted. Above it the Desktop folder! > Thanks for the suggestion. Look forward to further ideas. > > Rick H ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk