tip : fast directory navigation via Start -> Run
Everybody knows that you can easily navigatie through intellisense in the Run dialog or the address textbox of the explorer. But did you know that when you enter a complete path name in the run box that is a subdirectory of one of the paths in your PATH that that folder will be openen in the explorer?
Just try
system32 or
assembly for example. It will work with all folders although these are subdirectories of the windows folder.
I have included %PROGRAMFILES% into my %PATH% environment setting to easily navigate to some application folders like WinAMP, Miranda, etc. You will need to logoff/logon to make it work. Killing and restarting explorer.exe will probably work too :-).