Hello PieLam
First of all, you need to click on Reply in order to answer, otherwise I don't receive a message that you have replied.
Reading your post again, I believe I misunderstood you. I suppose you want to have a shortcut on your desktop and if you click on it, then you are in your folder somewhere in the system.
This is done:
Go to your directory where your folder is stored. For example, go to Documents and in Documents, you have a folder Photos and Work. Now you want to have a shortcut from folder "Work" on your desktop. Right-click on Work and go to "Make Link". Now, you have a linked folder in your Documents folder called "Link to Work". Highlight the Link to Work and move it to the Desktop as shown in my screenshot.
You can rename the "Link to Work" on the Desktop and also change the icon as described in my text before.