Something that has irrated me for a good while (but not enough to do something about it :) ) was having to go through the network and sharing centre nonsense to get to the network adapters.

I was trying to create a shortcut earlier to do exactly this, but ended up sailing in the failboat instead. :) Until I found this guide anyway :-

http://www.tweakvista.com/Article39156.aspx

If you look right at the end of the guide it also shows you a way to pick the common network style icons for the shortcut as well. If you don't change it, it looks just like the folder/explorer icon when on the taskbar in Windows 7.

Yeah - it absolutely sucked when they removed the 'show icon in notification area when connected' checkbox. I still hate the new-style start menu too.

You can always just highlight the folder address in the address bar and drag it to the desktop.

You can always just highlight the folder address in the address bar and drag it to the desktop.

Tried that, and it didn't work as a shortcut. The solution I linked however, does.