If you set the Vista desktop (i.e. the big window behind all other windows) to Auto Arrange then the icons on your desktop will flow down and, if you have enough of them, in columns towards the right. Make sure there are enough files on your desktop that you have multiple columns. Two columns is enough but three will really make the problem stand ...

Please add "Path to clipboard" option to right-click context menu - it would elimate the 'browse-to' aggrevation.