Why does opening explorer.exe sometimes open a window with "dirname>" at the
top and sometimes open a window with "<dirname> - Microsoft Internet
Explorer" at the top? It does the former if you open explorer.exe directly
or if you use a shortcut that doesn't have any switches in it and Task Mgr
lists the application as "<dirname>". It does the latter if you open
explorer.exe with a shortcut that includes a switch, such as "/e", and then
Task Mgr list the application as "<dirname> - Microsoft Internet Explorer".

Why the difference?

> Why does opening explorer.exe sometimes open a window with "dirname>" at
> the
> top and sometimes open a window with "<dirname> - Microsoft Internet
> Explorer" at the top?

SWAG: Probably because you have IE7.

I use IE6.

explorer.exe is Windows Explorer. iexplore.exe is Internet Explorer. They
are closely related.

The path shows in the Title bar of Windows Explorer if you set "Display the
full path in the title bar" in Folder Options.
I.e. C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc.

You can open URLs (i.e. www.microsoft.com) from either Windows Explorer or
Internet Explorer.

If you type a URL into the Address bar in Windows Explorer and click the Go
button you will go to that URL without opening iexplore.exe.

You can also open folders with Internet Explorer just type the path in the
Address bar and click Go, explore.exe will not even open.

Try these.

Open Windows Explorer or any folder, type a URL, click Go, open the Task
Manager, click the Applications tab, locate the URL or page title, right
click it, select Go To Process, Task Manager will switch to the Processes
tab with explorer.exe highlighted.

Open Internet Explorer, type a path to a folder, click Go, open the Task
Manager, click the Applications tab, locate the path, right click it, select
Go To Process, Task Manager will switch to the Processes tab with
iexplore.exe highlighted.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
"Tref" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Why does opening explorer.exe sometimes open a window with "dirname>" at
> the
> top and sometimes open a window with "<dirname> - Microsoft Internet
> Explorer" at the top? It does the former if you open explorer.exe
> directly
> or if you use a shortcut that doesn't have any switches in it and Task Mgr
> lists the application as "<dirname>". It does the latter if you open
> explorer.exe with a shortcut that includes a switch, such as "/e", and
> then
> Task Mgr list the application as "<dirname> - Microsoft Internet
> Explorer".
>
> Why the difference?
>