Folder view sort order question

[assignor]

Is there a way to get folder shortcuts to appear in the area of folders
rather than with documents?
Specifically:
I deliberately put shortcuts in folders to make life easier. I need to use
Details or sometimes List. But the sort by "name" alphabetical order puts
folder shortcuts alphabetically in the list of documents (usually at bottom)
instead of with the folders at the top (even with "Shortcut to" removed). A
lot of scrolling inside folders with hundreds or thousands of listings.

 

[assignor]

I should have been more clear
I want to do what MS itself does
their own shortcuts (not showing the shortcut symbol) like "My Documents"
"Shared Documents" "My Webs" etc all appear in the folder area of the list

 

[Keith Miller]

Create a special "Folder Shortcut" by opening the start menu folder (right-click Start button -> Open), along with the folder containing the folder you want a shortcut to. Right-click & drag the folder to the start menu folder, & when you release the button, choose "create shortcut here."

If you view the properties for this shortcut, you will see it only has one tab & describes itself as "Folder." You can then place this shortcut wherever you like and it will behave like a "real" folder in Open/Save dialogs.