Display Personal Profile Folder On Windows Vista Desktop

With Windows Vista comes a sensational new feature that allows each and every user who has their own account on your computer to have access to their very own profile folder with which to store their very own personal folders dedicated to: videos, pictures, music, searches, downloads and much more. It’s a great idea that Microsoft deserves a lot of credit for.

However, while it could be argued that this feature first debuted in Windows 2000 and also made an appearance in Windows XP, it was hidden in such a location and used in a way that made it clear that it wasn’t really something that should be played with; It’s only with Windows Vista that Microsoft have made it much more simple for us to find and experiment with.

Our main goal of this guide is to make the already easily accessible personal profile folder even more easily accessible! Firstly we need to locate the personal profile shortcut which is under your Start menu so go ahead and bring that up and navigate to and right-click on the upper-most link of the menu which should display your Windows Vista username and select the Show on Desktop option at the bottom of the list, like so:

And that’s it! The next time you check your desktop you will find that there is a brand new shortcut to your very own Windows Vista personal profile folder sitting there.