href="run:explorer?,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}"
href="run:explorer?,::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}"

These work for me, don't know about network drives.

Edit: something like this for a shared drive on my own comp seems to work, not sure if that works exactly the same:

href="run:explorer?\\luuc-lvnx934d42\archives (d)"

In order to really utelize Active desktop, I need to find a way to access "Display Properties" via HTML, and to "Refresh Desktop".

Any ideas?

When I ran Active Desktop, I used the following (Display Properties and Refresh respectively):

a href="C:/WINNT/system32/desk.cpl"
a href="#" onClick="history.go(0)" target="_self"

Okay, the run statements werent working Plastic, so after some research I found the following:
A HREF="shell:driveFolder" Target="new" TITLE="My Computer"
A HREF="shell:NetworkFolder" Target="new" TITLE="NetWork Neighborhood"

So Ive got that working... Display properties working nicely with Run Protocol, and Serenity's help (THANKS).

Now I'm having trouble making a link to dump the recycle bin:

shell:RecycleBinFolder

shell:Common Administrative Tools
shell:Administrative Tools
shell:SystemX86
shell:My Pictures
shell:Profile
shell:CommonProgramFiles
shell:ProgramFiles
shell:System
shell:Windows
shell:History
shell:Cookies
shell:Local AppData
shell:AppData
shell:Common Documents
shell:Common Templates
shell:Common AppData
shell:Common Favorites
shell:Common Desktop
shell:Common Menu
shell:Common Programs
shell:Common Startup
shell:Templates
shell:PrintHood
shell:NetHood
shell:Favorites
shell:Personal
shell:SendTo
shell:Recent
shell:Menu
shell:Programs
shell:Startup
shell:Desktop
shell:Fonts
shell:ConnectionsFolder
shell:PrintersFolder
shell:ControlPanelFolder
shell:InternetFolder
shell:DriveFolder
shell:NetworkFolder
shell:DesktopFolder

(These only seem to work on Windows 2000 and later (including Windows XP))
infos from here: http://docs.geoshell.org/display/R4/Easy+System+Paths
also check this: http://docs.geoshell.org/display/R4/Not+so+Easy+System+Paths

Well, yeah, that will open the recycle bin folder, but what about emptying it?

There might be a way to empty the Recycle Bin from the command line, though I'm not sure if the Run Protocol supports that. There is also a tiny app called RecycleNOW you could link to.

2 ways to open "Entire Network":
file:///::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\EntireNetwork\
shell:::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}\EntireNetwork\

and what about the "view workgroup computers" link? is there a short link for that?

OzonesDeck:

here is a vbscript for deleting the contents of the bin:

' PurgeBin.VBS empties RecylcleBin without prompting.
' Usage: Start PurgeBin.VBS

Option Explicit
Dim fso
Dim Shell
Dim Folder
Dim FolderItem

Set fso=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set Shell=CreateObject("Shell.Application")

Set Folder=Shell.NameSpace(10)
If Folder Is Nothing Then
WScript.Echo "Failed to open RecycleBin."
WScript.Quit
End If
If Folder.Items.Count=0 Then
WScript.Echo "RecycleBin is already empty."
WScript.Quit
End If
For Each FolderItem In Folder.Items
If fso.FileExists(FolderItem.Path) Then
fso.DeleteFile FolderItem.Path
ElseIf fso.FolderExists(FolderItem.Path) Then
fso.DeleteFolder FolderItem.Path
End If
Next
WScript.Quit

The Shell commands only work with IE, is there any way we can make them work on Firefox and other browsers

IETab?

I believe the run statements were for the run protocol handler (url escapes me) allowing URL Run operations run://

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