Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

When I press Win+E, Explorer opens, at "Computer", i. e. with the drives
in the right-hand pane.

What would be the command-line (or Run, or Shortcut) version to open
Explorer there?

I've tried:

explorer opens at "Libraries".

explorer \\ opens at C:\Users\username\Documents.

explorer \ opens at C:\

explorer \.. opens at C:\

explorer \\computer-name\ opens at Network\computer-name

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they were. - Marcel Proust

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

On 19/12/2018 18:06, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

When I press Win+E, Explorer opens, at "Computer", i. e. with the drives
in the right-hand pane.

What would be the command-line (or Run, or Shortcut) version to open
Explorer there?

I've tried:

explorer opens at "Libraries".

explorer \\ opens at C:\Users\username\Documents.

explorer \ opens at C:\

explorer \.. opens at C:\

explorer \\computer-name\ opens at Network\computer-name

%windir%\explorer.exe /select, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

In message , Java Jive
writes:
On 19/12/2018 18:06, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

When I press Win+E, Explorer opens, at "Computer", i. e. with the drives
in the right-hand pane.
What would be the command-line (or Run, or Shortcut) version to open
Explorer there?
I've tried:
explorer opens at "Libraries".
explorer \\ opens at
C:\Users\username\Documents.
explorer \ opens at C:\
explorer \.. opens at C:\
explorer \\computer-name\ opens at
Network\computer-name

%windir%\explorer.exe /select, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Good grief! How on earth would we be supposed to find _that_ out! And
before someone says "we shouldn't", surely it's not that weird a thing
to want to do? [I want to pin something to my taskbar that has the same
effect as the "Computer" icon on the desktop.]

(What's more, I'm afraid it didn't work. It opens with the Desktop
selected.)
JPG
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How about a three-way referendum, allowing second choices?
--
Are petitions unfair? See 255soft.uk (YOUR VOTE COUNTS)! [Pass it on.]
--
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"Do you want to be right, or friends?"
- a friend quoted by Vicky Ayech in UMRA, 2018-12-4

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

On 19/12/2018 19:05, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Java Jive
writes:

%windir%\explorer.exe /select, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Good grief! How on earth would we be supposed to find _that_ out!

Search for explorer command-line options.

(What's more, I'm afraid it didn't work. It opens with the Desktop
selected.)

Works for me! I can only suggest that you check that you've copied the
command-line exactly.

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:44:29 +0000, Java Jive
wrote:

On 19/12/2018 19:05, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Java Jive
writes:

%windir%\explorer.exe /select, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Good grief! How on earth would we be supposed to find _that_ out!

Search for explorer command-line options.

(What's more, I'm afraid it didn't work. It opens with the Desktop
selected.)

Works for me! I can only suggest that you check that you've copied the
command-line exactly.

On my Win 7 and Win 8, it opens to the Desktop.

--

Char Jackson

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

On 19/12/2018 19:53, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:44:29 +0000, Java Jive
wrote:

On 19/12/2018 19:05, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Java Jive
writes:

%windir%\explorer.exe /select, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Good grief! How on earth would we be supposed to find _that_ out!

Search for explorer command-line options.

(What's more, I'm afraid it didn't work. It opens with the Desktop
selected.)

Works for me! I can only suggest that you check that you've copied the
command-line exactly.

On my Win 7 and Win 8, it opens to the Desktop.

Sorry, yes, you're both right - I was looking at the properties of the
wrong shortcut, what JPG needs is:
%WinDir%\explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

On 19/12/2018 18:06, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
When I press Win+E, Explorer opens, at "Computer", i. e. with the drives
in the right-hand pane.

What would be the command-line (or Run, or Shortcut) version to open
Explorer there?

I no longer use win7 but I seem to remember it is the same method as win10

In the Win+E window
view options change folder and search options open file explorer
to choose "This PC"

The wording might be slightly different, then again, my memory might be
faulty but worth a look.


--
Ray
UK

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:10:31 +0000, musika wrote:

I no longer use win7 but I seem to remember it is the same method as win10

In the Win+E window
view options change folder and search options open file explorer
to choose "This PC"

The wording might be slightly different, then again, my memory might be
faulty but worth a look.

Yup, that works fine in Win10 - not that people want to know that.

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:06:54 +0000, Java Jive
wrote:

On 19/12/2018 19:53, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:44:29 +0000, Java Jive
wrote:

On 19/12/2018 19:05, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Java Jive
writes:

%windir%\explorer.exe /select, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Good grief! How on earth would we be supposed to find _that_ out!

Search for explorer command-line options.

(What's more, I'm afraid it didn't work. It opens with the Desktop
selected.)

Works for me! I can only suggest that you check that you've copied the
command-line exactly.

On my Win 7 and Win 8, it opens to the Desktop.

Sorry, yes, you're both right - I was looking at the properties of the
wrong shortcut, what JPG needs is:
%WinDir%\explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Much better. That works for me. :-)

John, you good?

--

Char Jackson

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

In article , says...

When I press Win+E, Explorer opens, at "Computer", i. e. with the drives
in the right-hand pane.

What would be the command-line (or Run, or Shortcut) version to open
Explorer there?

I've tried:

explorer opens at "Libraries".

explorer \\ opens at C:\Users\username\Documents.

explorer \ opens at C:\

explorer \.. opens at C:\

explorer \\computer-name\ opens at Network\computer-name

JPG
---


How about a three-way referendum, allowing second choices?
--
Are petitions unfair? See 255soft.uk (YOUR VOTE COUNTS)! [Pass it on.]

I use

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

to open at the root of "C".

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| What would be the command-line (or Run, or Shortcut) version to open
| Explorer there?
|

Why not just drag the shortcut from the start
menu to the Desktop? Then you can skip
all the gobbledygook.

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

In article , (J. P. Gilliver
(John)) wrote:

*From:* "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
*Date:* Wed, 19 Dec 2018 18:06:10 +0000

When I press Win+E, Explorer opens, at "Computer", i. e. with the
drives
in the right-hand pane.

What would be the command-line (or Run, or Shortcut) version to open
Explorer there?

I've tried:

explorer opens at "Libraries".

explorer \\ opens at
C:\Users\username\Documents.

explorer \ opens at C:\

explorer \.. opens at C:\

explorer \\computer-name\ opens at
Network\computer-name


The info from the W95 tips.txt file still works for me:

[Windows Explorer Switches]
Windows Explorer switches are useful in creating rooted folders:

Explorer [/e][,/root,object][[,/select],sub object]

/e Use Explorer view (scope and results pane view). The default is Open
view (results in pane view only).
/rootobject Specify the object in the "normal" name space that is used
as the root (top level) of this Explorer/Folder (i.e., local path
or UNC name). The default is the Desktop).
/Select The parent folder opens and the specified object is selected.
sub object Specify the folder unless /select is used. The default is
the root.

Examples: Explorer /e, /root, \\Reports opens an Explorer window at \\Reports.

Explorer /select, C:\Windows\Calc.exe opens a folder at
C:\Windows (or activates one that is currently open) and
selects Calc.exe.
Explorer /e, /root, \\Source\Internal\Design\Users\David\Archive
opens a folder to the Archive folder above. This is a good
way to create a dedicated, remote, documents archive
folder. A link to this folder
(\\Source\Internal\Design\ Users\David\Archive) can then be
placed in the SendTo folder for quick routing of documents.

--
Regards
John ) Remove the obvious to reply...

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

In message , Mayayana
writes:
"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote

| What would be the command-line (or Run, or Shortcut) version to open
| Explorer there?
|

Why not just drag the shortcut from the start
menu to the Desktop? Then you can skip
all the gobbledygook.


Because I wanted to create a pinned token.
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J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

There should be a place on the ballot paper for 'None of the above', and if
enough people filled that in, the system might start to change. - Jeremy
Paxman in RT, 2014/1/25-31

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

In message , mechanic
writes:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:10:31 +0000, musika wrote:

I no longer use win7 but I seem to remember it is the same method as win10

In the Win+E window
view options change folder and search options open file explorer
to choose "This PC"

The wording might be slightly different, then again, my memory might be
faulty but worth a look.

Yup, that works fine in Win10 - not that people want to know that.

If I do Win+E, then click on View in the window that opens, there's no
Options among the entries thereunder.

(Problem solved anyway.)
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

There should be a place on the ballot paper for 'None of the above', and if
enough people filled that in, the system might start to change. - Jeremy
Paxman in RT, 2014/1/25-31

Explorer to open in "Computer"?
 

In message , Char Jackson
writes:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:06:54 +0000, Java Jive
wrote:

On 19/12/2018 19:53, Char Jackson wrote:
On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:44:29 +0000, Java Jive
wrote:

On 19/12/2018 19:05, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message , Java Jive
writes:

%windir%\explorer.exe /select, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Good grief! How on earth would we be supposed to find _that_ out!

Search for explorer command-line options.

[You mean using Google or another search engine? Is it really such an
unexpected thing to want to do?)


(What's more, I'm afraid it didn't work. It opens with the Desktop
selected.)

Works for me! I can only suggest that you check that you've copied the
command-line exactly.

On my Win 7 and Win 8, it opens to the Desktop.

Sorry, yes, you're both right - I was looking at the properties of the
wrong shortcut, what JPG needs is:
%WinDir%\explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Much better. That works for me. :-)

John, you good?

Yup. Thanks JJ.

Now, how do I change the icon shown in the taskbar for this pinned
function (ideally to the one on the desktop as "Computer")?

I thought I'd got it, but it didn't work - though I was amused to find
"moricons.dll" is still there - and contains lots of icons from
long-gone (and I mean LONG-) software!
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

There should be a place on the ballot paper for 'None of the above', and if
enough people filled that in, the system might start to change. - Jeremy
Paxman in RT, 2014/1/25-31