WINDOWS EXPLORER

[J CALCO]

EXPLORER OPENS IN "MY DOCUMENTS". HOW CAN I MAKE IT OPEN
INTO THE C DRIVE TREE?

[Kevin]

Make the following the target for the Explorer shortcut. Right click the
Windows Explorer icon on your desktop and choose Properties, paste the
following:

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,

"J CALCO" > wrote in message
...
> EXPLORER OPENS IN "MY DOCUMENTS". HOW CAN I MAKE IT OPEN
> INTO THE C DRIVE TREE?

[Jamess B. Holladay]

This is the path I used. Seeing how it was done this way you can make it
open to any directory or drive you choose.

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c:\

"Kevin" > wrote in message
...
> Make the following the target for the Explorer shortcut. Right click the
> Windows Explorer icon on your desktop and choose Properties, paste the
> following:
>
> %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,
>
> "J CALCO" > wrote in message
> ...
> > EXPLORER OPENS IN "MY DOCUMENTS". HOW CAN I MAKE IT OPEN
> > INTO THE C DRIVE TREE?
>
>

[Kelly]

Right click Windows Explorer/Properties and type this into the Target path:

To have C: open (No folders)
%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /root, C:\

To have My Computer
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n

To have C: open expanded - Examples
%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:
%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,f:\Limited Documents

To have C: open and My Documents
%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents

For it to open to My Documents:
explorer /n,/e,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents or
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents

To have My Documents open only (No folders)
Explorer /root, c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents
Explorer /root, c:,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Kelly's Computer

If you wish to have Explorer open at My Documents on another drive, you
would use:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, f:\My Documents

To have another Drive letter assigned to opening: D for example
C:\Windows\Explorer.exe /e, d:\

d:\ can be modified for any folder/sub-folder you like. As in:
%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /e,d:\My Stuff

The /e switch tells Windows Explorer to open in the two pane explorer mode
and the c:\ tells it to open in folder C:\. If you omit the /e switch,
Windows Explorer opens in a single pane view.


Command Line Switches Examples for Windows Explorer
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#comline

Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q130/5/10.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];307856


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All the Best,
Kelly

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2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award

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"Jamess B. Holladay" > wrote in message
...
> This is the path I used. Seeing how it was done this way you can make it
> open to any directory or drive you choose.
>
> %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c:\
>
> "Kevin" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Make the following the target for the Explorer shortcut. Right click the
>> Windows Explorer icon on your desktop and choose Properties, paste the
>> following:
>>
>> %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,
>>
>> "J CALCO" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > EXPLORER OPENS IN "MY DOCUMENTS". HOW CAN I MAKE IT OPEN
>> > INTO THE C DRIVE TREE?
>>
>>
>
>