desktop link to a directory in gnome

[Alvin Thompson]

drag the folder from Nautilus to the Desktop using the middle mouse
button. when the context menu pops up, select 'Link Here'.

hope this helps,
alvin


On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 21:12 -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote:
> I have no idea why this seems to be so hard, but I've been trying to
> make a simple directory link on my desktop in gnome to an existing
> directory on disk. This is trivial in winblows. Could someone tell me
> how to do this in Gnome?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
>