Can you make folder icons not popup contents of the folder?

I just want to use them kinda like shortcuts that I can drag to. So when you click or hover the contents of the folder popping up is distracting.

Is there a way to disable that? I can make the little triangle showing it will popopen go away but not the function.

Just create the shortcut. TLB allow to drop files on the shortcuts and if this is the folder shortcut you'll copy/move files there.