How to open a folder

[SteveRussell]

Now why won't that desktop shortcut open when I double-click on it, without asking me what application to use?

If I manually enter a "\" at the end of the path in the Target textbox of the shortcut's dialog, apply the change and then try the double-click on the desktop icon again, it opens the folder correctly. Yet including the slash in the code has no effect.