I am looking to create a shortcut either in the explorer or on my desktop to the /host/users/Harry/ folder so I can access my windows partition easily, it is a hassle to go through the filesystem each time
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Open files, right click the folder that you want, and click on Make Link,
once done, move the newly created link to the desktop
Open the explorer and browse to the folder you want to bookmark (/host/users/Harry/). Press Ctrl+D to bookmark the folder. It will show up in the left pane of the explorer.
P.S. In Ubuntu, the explorer is called Nautilus.