Positioning the Windows Explorer windows

On 2/28/18 1:04 AM, 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.

The goal is to simply double click a shortcut and be done.

But thanks for the suggestion.


--
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!"

Ken Springer wrote:
On 2/28/18 1:04 AM, 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.

The goal is to simply double click a shortcut and be done.

But thanks for the suggestion.



If it is always the same two folders then make a batch and one shortcut to
run. Other wise how do you select folders?

--
Zaidy036

On 2/28/18 11:17 AM, Zaidy036 wrote:
Ken Springer wrote:
On 2/28/18 1:04 AM, 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.

The goal is to simply double click a shortcut and be done.

But thanks for the suggestion.



If it is always the same two folders then make a batch and one shortcut to
run. Other wise how do you select folders?

Doing a batch file for this gentleman is out of his league at the moment.

Not sure what you're asking with the select folders 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!"

"Ken Springer" wrote

| 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.

He doesn't need to handle anything. Just
test it on your computer to make sure it works
as you want, then ask him to give you the
paths of the 2 folders. Edit those 2 lines and
give him the script. All he has to do is leave it
on his desktop and double-click it.

The 2 paths are where it says:

Fol1=
Fol2=

They need to be the full path in quotes.
Like "D:\Music"

On 2018-02-28 09:55, 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.

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.

Nice; I think you like showing-off your VB skills lol, just kidding ;-)

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.

It's nuts isn't it?! The desktop is IE! Folders are IE, even in Windows
10! It's such a mess, there is no telling if they will ever be able to
get rid of it and give us a proper desktop.

[snip]

Set IE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
With IE
.Height = 600
.Width = 600
.Left = 0
.top = 100
.Navigate Fol1
.visible = True
End With
Set IE = Nothing

Wow, this is so simple and elegant! Nice work!

Best Regards,

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On 2018-02-28 11:09, Ken Springer wrote:

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.

Ah yes, you are correct, we can just create shortcuts! ;-)

But you cannot position windows without some tool; maybe AutoIt does it?
Needs scripting...

Scripting is out of the picture at this point.

Lol, Mayayana provided a really beautiful solution earlier in this thread...

Best Regards,

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"B00ze" wrote

| Nice; I think you like showing-off your VB skills lol, just kidding ;-)
|

I do enjoy the challenge. I also like to be helpful.
I guess that's a kind of showing off. But I've always
felt a duty about knowledge. So many times I've
been able to do something for myself only because
someone more expert told me what I needed to know.
I try to do the same with the things I know. (I think
of that as the original inspiration of the Internet.
Before there were blogs with endless comments, and
before EBay, there were lots of people just chipping in
whatever creativity or expertise they could offer.)

Part of it is also a kind of shared frustration. The
first time I had my own computer I spent an entire
evening trying to follow the instruction: "Copy setup.exe
from the floppy to the desktop". I didn't have the
slightest idea how to do that. Nowhere did it say. I
was supposed to just know about drag/drop. The
Windows manual also made no mention of it. I resolved
to learn enough so that I wouldn't be continually
faced with such frustration. What I didn't realize was
that I was in for a years-long project. Not only are
computers complex, but nearly all the people who
make them work have a vested interest in not optimizing
the usability.

On 2/28/18 4:21 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"Ken Springer" wrote

| 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.

He doesn't need to handle anything. Just
test it on your computer to make sure it works
as you want, then ask him to give you the
paths of the 2 folders. Edit those 2 lines and
give him the script. All he has to do is leave it
on his desktop and double-click it.

The 2 paths are where it says:

Fol1=
Fol2=

They need to be the full path in quotes.
Like "D:\Music"

Understood. But at the moment, the problem is now between his hears.
He has a way he wants to do it, and until he's comfortable with this,
he's not going to be willing to do something different.

I've already tried to convince him to do a couple of things differently,
but those ideas didn't fly.

Patience is now the key word.


--
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!"

On 2/28/18 8:38 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"B00ze" wrote

| Nice; I think you like showing-off your VB skills lol, just kidding ;-)
|

I do enjoy the challenge. I also like to be helpful.
I guess that's a kind of showing off. But I've always
felt a duty about knowledge. So many times I've
been able to do something for myself only because
someone more expert told me what I needed to know.
I try to do the same with the things I know. (I think
of that as the original inspiration of the Internet.
Before there were blogs with endless comments, and
before EBay, there were lots of people just chipping in
whatever creativity or expertise they could offer.)

Part of it is also a kind of shared frustration. The
first time I had my own computer I spent an entire
evening trying to follow the instruction: "Copy setup.exe
from the floppy to the desktop". I didn't have the
slightest idea how to do that. Nowhere did it say. I
was supposed to just know about drag/drop. The
Windows manual also made no mention of it.

You have pretty much mirrored my frustration with the lack of any
documentation being included with computers. It's no wonder people have
so little clue as to how to use a computer.

I was lucky, I didn't start out with Windows. My first windowing
computer was an Atari 1040ST. That manual DID tell you how to drag and
drop, and everything else. So when I was exposed to Windows, those
things I already knew how to do.

These types of things I include when people ask me for help.

I resolved
to learn enough so that I wouldn't be continually
faced with such frustration. What I didn't realize was
that I was in for a years-long project. Not only are
computers complex, but nearly all the people who
make them work have a vested interest in not optimizing
the usability.

A friend of mine recently made a very cogent comment... "Ignorance is a
choice." After he said that, I lost all sympathy for people having
computer issues. They can go out and find the answers, or live with the
problem.


--
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!"

Alright you ready? Mayayana may want to use this herself.

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamici...ndow/index.htm

Get an html editor and create the webpage. Put this script inside it,
do as it says in its instructions. Once the page is made, you can put
anything on the page such as title at the top. CD collection. MP3 etc.
And links to title artists or to say like, great recipes.
Then on the page the links will link to the windows that will open
inside the one page and they can open anywhere descripted by you in the
script itself on the page. Once the one page is made, the script opens
these when someone cliks on the links on that page, or automatic when
you just open the one page. Make a shortcut to it just the one page on
your desktop. Then when you want to use it, it gets the files you want
and opens them inside other html windows smaller of, inside the one IE
window page that the short cut is made to..

Of course, it makes for a great info tool on your desktop once your done
with it. The great thing is it will open as many as you want.
So, its not like it has to be on the left, and one on the right. It can
be one in each corner of the screen. For a total of 4.
The great thing is, once you have it made up, it can be reedited, to fit
anyones agenda, and then just send them the webpage via attachment.

Kind of like a programmer yup. But is that not what you are requesting.

On the link above, try it out..... the links on the page itself will
open other windows.

On 3/1/2018 5:36 AM, Ken Springer scribbled:
On 2/28/18 4:21 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"Ken Springer" wrote

| 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.

He doesn't need to handle anything. Just
test it on your computer to make sure it works
as you want, then ask him to give you the
paths of the 2 folders. Edit those 2 lines and
give him the script. All he has to do is leave it
on his desktop and double-click it.

The 2 paths are where it says:

Fol1=
Fol2=

They need to be the full path in quotes.
Like "D:\Music"

Understood. But at the moment, the problem is now between his hears. He
has a way he wants to do it, and until he's comfortable with this, he's
not going to be willing to do something different.

I've already tried to convince him to do a couple of things differently,
but those ideas didn't fly.

Patience is now the key word.

well, if your going to have a MS system, you may as well keep up with
current events. Its the programming that changes, and thats why it
does not work sometimes. We use Visual Web Developer 2008 Express
Edition. But, we also use this.

https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/

On 3/1/2018 11:08 AM, Ken Springer scribbled:
On 2/28/18 8:38 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"B00ze" wrote

| Nice; I think you like showing-off your VB skills lol, just kidding ;-)
|

I do enjoy the challenge. I also like to be helpful.
I guess that's a kind of showing off. But I've always
felt a duty about knowledge. So many times I've
been able to do something for myself only because
someone more expert told me what I needed to know.
I try to do the same with the things I know. (I think
of that as the original inspiration of the Internet.
Before there were blogs with endless comments, and
before EBay, there were lots of people just chipping in
whatever creativity or expertise they could offer.)

Part of it is also a kind of shared frustration. The
first time I had my own computer I spent an entire
evening trying to follow the instruction: "Copy setup.exe
from the floppy to the desktop". I didn't have the
slightest idea how to do that. Nowhere did it say. I
was supposed to just know about drag/drop. The
Windows manual also made no mention of it.

You have pretty much mirrored my frustration with the lack of any
documentation being included with computers. It's no wonder people have
so little clue as to how to use a computer.

I was lucky, I didn't start out with Windows. My first windowing
computer was an Atari 1040ST. That manual DID tell you how to drag and
drop, and everything else. So when I was exposed to Windows, those
things I already knew how to do.

These types of things I include when people ask me for help.

I resolved
to learn enough so that I wouldn't be continually
faced with such frustration. What I didn't realize was
that I was in for a years-long project. Not only are
computers complex, but nearly all the people who
make them work have a vested interest in not optimizing
the usability.

A friend of mine recently made a very cogent comment... "Ignorance is a
choice." After he said that, I lost all sympathy for people having
computer issues. They can go out and find the answers, or live with the
problem.

well, if your going to have a current online system you will have to
stay up with current events such as new browsers and programming, you
may as well keep up with the current events. Its the programming that
changes, and that's why it does not work sometimes. We use Visual Web
Developer 2008 Express Edition. But, we also like and use this.
Works on Mac or Windows.

https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/

On 3/1/2018 11:08 AM, Ken Springer scribbled:
On 2/28/18 8:38 PM, Mayayana wrote:
"B00ze" wrote

| Nice; I think you like showing-off your VB skills lol, just kidding ;-)
|

I do enjoy the challenge. I also like to be helpful.
I guess that's a kind of showing off. But I've always
felt a duty about knowledge. So many times I've
been able to do something for myself only because
someone more expert told me what I needed to know.
I try to do the same with the things I know. (I think
of that as the original inspiration of the Internet.
Before there were blogs with endless comments, and
before EBay, there were lots of people just chipping in
whatever creativity or expertise they could offer.)

Part of it is also a kind of shared frustration. The
first time I had my own computer I spent an entire
evening trying to follow the instruction: "Copy setup.exe
from the floppy to the desktop". I didn't have the
slightest idea how to do that. Nowhere did it say. I
was supposed to just know about drag/drop. The
Windows manual also made no mention of it.

You have pretty much mirrored my frustration with the lack of any
documentation being included with computers. It's no wonder people have
so little clue as to how to use a computer.

I was lucky, I didn't start out with Windows. My first windowing
computer was an Atari 1040ST. That manual DID tell you how to drag and
drop, and everything else. So when I was exposed to Windows, those
things I already knew how to do.

These types of things I include when people ask me for help.

I resolved
to learn enough so that I wouldn't be continually
faced with such frustration. What I didn't realize was
that I was in for a years-long project. Not only are
computers complex, but nearly all the people who
make them work have a vested interest in not optimizing
the usability.

A friend of mine recently made a very cogent comment... "Ignorance is a
choice." After he said that, I lost all sympathy for people having
computer issues. They can go out and find the answers, or live with the
problem.

"Ken Springer" wrote

| A friend of mine recently made a very cogent comment... "Ignorance is a
| choice." After he said that, I lost all sympathy for people having
| computer issues. They can go out and find the answers, or live with the
| problem.
|
Yikes. Seems a bit harsh to me.

I think of ignorance having 2 definitions: lack of
knowledge and semi-deliberate unknowing. The
latter would be like someone who never washes
their dishes and manages not to notice the filthy
sink.

But I assume you mean lack of knowledge. It
seems very arrogant to me to think everyone should
be able to manage their computer well. It requires
linear thinking. Some people just aren't suited to it.
Nor should they have to be. Don't we all have blind
spots? I suppose it's somewhat true that nearly
everyone *could* figure it out. But for some of us
that's fun. For other's it's torture.

An example in the other direction is artistic sensibility.
Some of the most talented programmers have no
aesthetic sense at all. If they create a webpage it
looks like 1996. If they have to write or speak they
show themselves to have an adolescent command
of language. They're like human calculators. Those
people *could* become more well balanced. It might
do them good. But I know it would be very stressful
for them. They just don't get it.

"Ken Springer" wrote in message news

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.


Ken, This will get most of what you want:

http://geekswithblogs.net/murraybgor...les/93760.aspx

Right-click on Explorer icon, select Properties and enter what you want in
the Target window.

Maybe somebody already suggested this but I'm not going to read all those
posts just to answer a simple request.

--
Bob S.

"Bob_S" wrote

| Right-click on Explorer icon, select Properties and enter what you want in
| the Target window.
|

What he wants is 2 Explorer windows, for two
different folders, opening next to each other, one
on the left and one on the right. If you can choose
position in shortcut properties it's news to me.