Windows Explorer

[Jerry West]

I like the old way of launching Windows Explorer in XP. WE was also easy to
locate as a shortcut off the Start menu in XP. It seems in Vista it is
broken up in sections on the Start Menu, i.e., Documents, Pictures, Music,
Games, Computer, etc. Is it possible to revert to the old style of Windows
Explorer, where one could open a single WE shortcut and have the entire
contents of the hard drive listed in a tree view? I find now that just
navigating to a single folder off the C: drive requires more mouse clicks
than XP. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

JW

 

[Radzi]

I like the old way of launching Windows Explorer in XP. WE was also easy to
locate as a shortcut off the Start menu in XP. It seems in Vista it is
broken up in sections on the Start Menu, i.e., Documents, Pictures, Music,
Games, Computer, etc. Is it possible to revert to the old style of Windows
Explorer, where one could open a single WE shortcut and have the entire
contents of the hard drive listed in a tree view? I find now that just
navigating to a single folder off the C: drive requires more mouse clicks
than XP. Am I missing something?

Thanks,

JW

I did:
Start > All Programs > Accessories > right-click Windows Explorer - Pin to
Start Menu.
Then I right-clicked Windows Explorer > Properties > pasted

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

into the Target: box.

 

[Just Bob]

I did:
Start > All Programs > Accessories > right-click Windows Explorer - Pin to
Start Menu.
Then I right-clicked Windows Explorer > Properties > pasted

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

into the Target: box.

Is it not strange that when I paste that command string into the command
line/search box that it opens control panel?

 

[Radzi]

Is it not strange that when I paste that command string into the command
line/search box that it opens control panel?

It is, because mine just opens windows explorer, showing c:\

 

[mayor]

Create a shortcut and add one of the commands below to the TARGET box in the
properties box of the shortcut.



Configure Windows Explorer

My Computer" highlighted in left side with all drives visible but not
expanded and C: highlighted in right side: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
/e,/select,c:



Desktop highlighted and nothing expanded: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
/e,/n,/select,/root,c:



All drives visible and the system drive highlighted and expanded in full
screen: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select



All drives visible and the system drive expanded in small screen:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,%systemroot%



Only Windows Directory visible highlighted and expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,%systemroot%



All drives visible but only C: highlighted and expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,c:



Nothing expanded and My Computer highlighted in right side:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,



Opens the Windows folder as a folder: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%



Opens as "My Computer": %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%,



This opens the Desktop folder with "My Computer" highlighted:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%,/select,



"Desktop" highlighted in the left side and no drives visible:

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



"My Computer" highlighted in left side and all drives visible but none
expanded:

%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}



"Desktop" in left side highlighted and "My Computer" highlighted in right
side and no drives visible:

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

 

[Jerry West]

Thanks to all, this was exactly what I was looking for.

JW

 

[mayor]

You are welcome. I hope it corrects your problem.

 

[Chaucer]

If you want Windows Explorer to open directly in C: with everything expanded
you will need to add the following to the shortcuts properties: /e,C:\

Right click the shortcut, choose properties, and add the above to the target
field. It should look like this when you are done: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
/e,C:\

You can substitute any other available drive letter for C:\ also. As for
locating the shortcut it has a new icon so it takes a bit of getting used
to. I had trouble finding it at first myself.