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Positioning the Windows Explorer windows
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Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open Folder A in a window that is snapped to the left, and a 2nd shortcut open Folder B snapped to the right. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit) Thunderbird 52.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 27/02/2018 20:05, Ken Springer wrote:
Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder http://www.helpwithwindows.com/Windows7/Open-Windows-Explorer-To-Specific-Folder.html and position on the desktop? what the **** is this? -- With over 600 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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On 2/27/18 2:44 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 27/02/2018 20:05, Ken Springer wrote: Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder http://www.helpwithwindows.com/Windows7/Open-Windows-Explorer-To-Specific-Folder.html and position on the desktop? what the **** is this? It's for idiots like you that can't/won't/don't read the full question. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit) Thunderbird 52.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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"Ken Springer" wrote
| Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer | window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? | I think you need to take up scripting. Things like that are not too difficult, but it's not a one-liner. The shortcut would need to call, or be, something like a script that opens the folder and positions it. It's basically automating the functionality of Explorer. If it can be done in a simpler way I don't know what that is. |
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On 2/27/18 5:09 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"Ken Springer" wrote | Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer | window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? | I think you need to take up scripting. Things like that are not too difficult, but it's not a one-liner. The shortcut would need to call, or be, something like a script that opens the folder and positions it. It's basically automating the functionality of Explorer. If it can be done in a simpler way I don't know what that is. This isn't for me, for a guy that's mostly computer illiterate, but wants to put his CD collection on a hard drive. One of those that knows what they want to do, but have no clue as to how to do it. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit) Thunderbird 52.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 2018-02-27 15:05, Ken Springer wrote:
Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open Folder A in a window that is snapped to the left, and a 2nd shortcut open Folder B snapped to the right. /e,path will open to the folder you want, for example make a shortcut to C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /e,D:\ will open D: drive. But you cannot position windows without some tool; maybe AutoIt does it? Needs scripting... Regards, -- ! _\|/_ Sylvain / ! (o o) Memberavid-Suzuki-Fdn/EFF/Red+Cross/SPCA/Planetary-Society oO-( )-Oo I made it foolproof, but they're making better fools. |
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Ken Springer wrote:
Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open Folder A in a window that is snapped to the left, and a 2nd shortcut open Folder B snapped to the right. Nirsoft has commands to size and position windows. https://www.nirsoft.net/ Make two batch files each with location you want. Place shortcuts on desktop and drop folder into it. -- Zaidy036 |
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On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:05:55 -0700, Ken Springer wrote:
Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open Folder A in a window that is snapped to the left, and a 2nd shortcut open Folder B snapped to the right. Interresting idea. Use below VBScript. https://pastebin.com/BnizXHvf Usage e.g. explore.vbs /path "d:\my data" /left 0 /top 0 /width 800 /height 600 Running the script without any parameter will show the usage help. |
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On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:13:57 +0700, JJ wrote:
On Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:05:55 -0700, Ken Springer wrote: Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open Folder A in a window that is snapped to the left, and a 2nd shortcut open Folder B snapped to the right. Interresting idea. Use below VBScript. https://pastebin.com/BnizXHvf Usage e.g. explore.vbs /path "d:\my data" /left 0 /top 0 /width 800 /height 600 Running the script without any parameter will show the usage help. Oops, it seems that the usage help is bugged. Use below instead. https://pastebin.com/S4EJWxuF Since the usage help is pretty long, it won't fit onto the message dialog (when the script is executed by double clicking the VBS file, or is run using WSCRIPT.EXE). To see the full help, run it from the command line using CSCRIPT.EXE. |
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Zaidy036 wrote:
Ken Springer wrote: Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open Folder A in a window that is snapped to the left, and a 2nd shortcut open Folder B snapped to the right. Nirsoft has commands to size and position windows. https://www.nirsoft.net/ Make two batch files each with location you want. Place shortcuts on desktop and drop folder into it. Nircmd or some other one ? http://nircmd.nirsoft.net/win.html I couldn't figure out how the "win" commands worked. The example here implies the last window opened is the one that has the command applied to it ? They don't seem to be "finding" anything. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...-of-the-window Explorer /n,c:\develop\jboss-4.2.3.GA\server\default\deploy nircmd wait 1000 win setsize ititle "something" x, y, width, height Paul |
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Paul wrote:
Zaidy036 wrote: Ken Springer wrote: Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open Folder A in a window that is snapped to the left, and a 2nd shortcut open Folder B snapped to the right. Nirsoft has commands to size and position windows. https://www.nirsoft.net/ Make two batch files each with location you want. Place shortcuts on desktop and drop folder into it. Nircmd or some other one ? http://nircmd.nirsoft.net/win.html I couldn't figure out how the "win" commands worked. The example here implies the last window opened is the one that has the command applied to it ? They don't seem to be "finding" anything. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/...-of-the-window Explorer /n,c:\develop\jboss-4.2.3.GA\server\default\deploy nircmd wait 1000 win setsize ititle "something" x, y, width, height Paul Wish I could help better but I am on iPad and not home to refer to my batches. “something” is some text included in the name of the cmd window you are trying to adjust. Run you batch and see what it says. X and y are top left corner in pixels, of new location and accepts negative numbers to move to a second monitor if you have one. Width and height are also in pixels. I would test without wait and just have batch setsize and pause & exit -- Zaidy036 |
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"Ken Springer" wrote
| This isn't for me, for a guy that's mostly computer illiterate, but | wants to put his CD collection on a hard drive. | Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure. This should do it, though each version of Windows has its quirks. Paste the code below into Notepad and save as opener.vbs The 2 paths, Fol1 and Fol2, have to be edited. Likwise, diesred width and height of folder windows should be edited. I set them to 600x600. This stuff is very funky. Microsoft have made a mess of "shell" (GUI) functionality. It's quirky, partial, semi- documented, and changes with different Windows versions. Note below that I'm actually creating IE windows. Since Active Desktop (Win98), a folder window is officially an IE window.... except that it actually isn't... though it actually used to be.... Long story. Since a folder window is IE I can use IE to set the size and position and location. Since it's actually not IE I had to load about:blank into a real IE instance in order to find the screen width. This will all be on the test. .... And I don't know whether any of this might be a problem for those who like to run in lackey mode with their hands tied by UAC. Your friend will just have to test it. '--------- begin code -------------------- Dim Fol1, Fol2, IE, ScrWidth Fol1 = "C:\Windows\Desktop\Folder1" Fol2 = "C:\Windows\Desktop\Folder2" On Error Resume Next Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") IE.Navigate "about:blank" While IE.ReadyState 4 Wend ScrWidth = IE.document.parentWindow.screen.availWidth IE.Quit Set IE = Nothing Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") With IE .Height = 600 .Width = 600 .Left = 0 .top = 100 .Navigate Fol1 .visible = True End With Set IE = Nothing Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") With IE .Height = 600 .Width = 600 .Left = ScrWidth - (.width + 50) .top = 100 .Navigate Fol2 .visible = True End With Set IE = Nothing '------------- end of code ---------------- |
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On 2/28/18 7:55 AM, Mayayana wrote:
"Ken Springer" wrote | This isn't for me, for a guy that's mostly computer illiterate, but | wants to put his CD collection on a hard drive. | Yeah, yeah. Sure, sure. Actually, it is. G This is something I would never do for me. I have CDs, but I don't care if they are ripped to my HD. For whatever reason, he bought a Pono Music "box". It was backed by Neil Young, and appears to be defunct. As a result, I've not been able to find any software for it online. It seems you can buy the original software, but apparently it didn't always work. He wanted to digitize his entire CD collection, put the files on the Pono and an external HD. But he had no clue that the Pono he bought can only hold 60 GB of data. The man is very knowledgeable, but he seems to have a mental block, he says he can't learn. He's dyslexic, and I suspect he was told all the "You're stupid" kind of stuff when he was growing up, since dyslexia wasn't that well understood. But he can learn, he just has to do it slow, and in his own way. I've been pushing him, and he's "getting it", at least the things associated with just getting the discs ripped. He had a Vista laptop, but left it with someone somewhere to do something with it, I'm not sure what that was, but now can't even get a response from this guy. So I gave him options of what to buy, and as I expected, bought the cheapest option. I wanted him to buy new, but that didn't fly. So, I'm fixing the things wrong with the refurb laptop he bought. Missing drivers, HP Connection Manager turned off, etc. Installing software, and teaching him how to rip the CDs with Media Player. And, prefiguring the rippng process so it essentially becomes a "monkey see monkey do" process. Originally, ripping music was all the computer was going to be used for. But we've already added Gmail, via a shortcut, and a basic free office suite. And I got him to add internet service to his house. As he settles in with it, I'm sure there will be more that he'll ask about. I'm hoping he begins to browse the web for the solutions he wants. At some point, I'm going to push him to take some Windows 7 basic classes online. The only part of the "system" as he wants it that I haven't done, is getting 2 Windows Explorer windows to open where he would like them. I think he's at the point now where he has to get comfortable with what has been done, before going any further with anything additional such as scripting. If that were to go belly up, I don't think he would be able to handle it at this point. Maybe, some time in the future. snip I snipped your script, thanks for it. ATM, all my printers are down, but a new one is on the way. Then I'll print your script, and a couple others from this thread, for possible later use. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit) Thunderbird 52.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 2/27/18 9:08 PM, B00ze wrote:
On 2018-02-27 15:05, Ken Springer wrote: Windows 7 Pro Using a desktop shortcut, is it possible to open a Windows Explorer window to a specific folder and position on the desktop? In this specific case, I'd like to have a shortcut open Folder A in a window that is snapped to the left, and a 2nd shortcut open Folder B snapped to the right. /e,path will open to the folder you want, for example make a shortcut to C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /e,D:\ will open D: drive. Easier than that. :-) Open Windows Explorer, in the navigation pane, navigate to the folder you want to open. Highlight, right click, Send to desktop. Done. But you cannot position windows without some tool; maybe AutoIt does it? Needs scripting... Scripting is out of the picture at this point. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit) Thunderbird 52.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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On 2/28/18 1:25 AM, Paul wrote:
The example here implies the last window opened is the one that has the command applied to it ? I think it's the last windows that's closed. I just opened 4 Windows Explorer windows, scattered them about the screen and made each one a different size. Then closed them all. Opened a new window, it opened at the size and position of the last window closed. I did not do anything but this one test, so the action may fail if done another way. And it does fail, apparently, if your window is snapped to either or both edges. I snapped 2 Windows Explorer to each side of the screen. Closed them. Opened a new window. The new window opened in the center of the monitor, some percentage smaller than full size, and apparently with an aspect ratio that matches the monitor. As with Mayayana's script, this post is marked for printing later. -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 53.0.2 (64 bit) Thunderbird 52.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!" |
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