How to Add Folder Locations to the “Places” Menu

Want to add another location in your “Places” menu?

1. Open Nautilus.
2. Navigate to the folder you wish to add to the “Places” menu.
3. You can either a) Bookmark the location (CTRL+D -or- Click on Bookmarks > Add Bookmark) or b) simply drag the folder to the left pane.

As a note, you cannot add Applications to the menu. The Places menu is for just that: places!

The example shown here has the “My Documents” folder added to the places menu: