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Old March 31st 03, 04:05 PM
John Ferguson
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Default Windows Explorer

When I open explorer it always opens at the My Documents
Folder and this is expanded. How do I get explorer to
open at the Crive rather than My Documents?

Thanks
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Old March 31st 03, 04:29 PM
Doug Knox MS-MVP
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Default Windows Explorer

http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;257518
How to Have Windows Explorer Default to the %SystemRoot% Drive When Started

Create or modify your existing shorcut to read:

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

This will cause Windows Explorer to open to the drive that XP is installed
on.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;EN-US;130510
Command Line Switches for Windows Explorer

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When I open explorer it always opens at the My Documents
Folder and this is expanded. How do I get explorer to
open at the Crive rather than My Documents?

Thanks



 




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