No matter where you might be navigating in your computer, clicking one of the items in the My Places toolbar allows you quick access to the most commonly accessed resources of your computer such as the Desktop and My Documents. When you click on an item, you will also see the location name displayed in the Look In combo box.

There are five items that are always present in the My Places toolbar: 

If you frequently access a certain folder on your computer using the My Computer dialogue box, Windows 2000/XP allows you to add a custom location to the My Places toolbar. For example, if you have a folder on your desktop called Data for Database that you access several times a day, you can simply add that folder to the My Places toolbar. To do this, navigate to the Desktop (or whatever parent folder your frequently accessed folder is inside) and click Tools à Add to ‘My Places’:

This will add a small down arrow at the bottom of the My Computer dialogue box. Hover over the arrow and click it to scroll down through the available locations in ‘My Places:’

You can add as many locations to My Places as you like; use the small arrows at the top and bottom of the My Places toolbar to scroll up and down through the list. To delete an item from the toolbar, simply right-click on the resource you no longer need and click Remove.