Can explorer bar open with folders as default?

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TimWalsh

Hi.

When I open a folder from a shortcut icon I want "Folders" to appear in the
"Explorer Bar" as the default. The window opens with the Explorer bar closed
and I have to always click the darn "Folders" button on the toolbar.

In other words...
I want to launch my folder shortcut, have a Windows Explorer window appear
that displays in the left pane ("Explorer Bar") the tree diagram of my
shortcut's target folder ("Folders") and in the right pane show the content
of the target folder.

Is that possible?

I've already tried "Folder Options" and even hit "Apply to all Folders". No
good.

I'm using WinXP sp2 with folders set to classic folders.

Thanks,
Tim
 
Edit the shortcut's "Target" to read;
%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,E:\
Where E:\ is the drive or directory you wish to expand.

or for all drives collapsed;

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

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Hi.
|
| When I open a folder from a shortcut icon I want "Folders" to appear in
the
| "Explorer Bar" as the default. The window opens with the Explorer bar
closed
| and I have to always click the darn "Folders" button on the toolbar.
|
| In other words...
| I want to launch my folder shortcut, have a Windows Explorer window appear
| that displays in the left pane ("Explorer Bar") the tree diagram of my
| shortcut's target folder ("Folders") and in the right pane show the
content
| of the target folder.
|
| Is that possible?
|
| I've already tried "Folder Options" and even hit "Apply to all Folders".
No
| good.
|
| I'm using WinXP sp2 with folders set to classic folders.
|
| Thanks,
| Tim
|
|
 
Windows explorer can also be opened by right clicking on the Start button
and selecting "Explore". What can I do to make sure that the all the drives
are collapsed when I open windows explorer through the Start button? Thanks
in advance.

SS
 
This is meant more for profiles management. Not recommended as other things
may break but you can edit the default (no name) Reg_Sz values;


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec
[ExploreFolder("%l", %I, %S)]
to
[ExploreFolder("D:\", D:\, %S)]

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec
[ViewFolder("%l", %I, %S)]
to
[ViewFolder("D:\", D:\, %S)]

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Windows explorer can also be opened by right clicking on the Start button
| and selecting "Explore". What can I do to make sure that the all the
drives
| are collapsed when I open windows explorer through the Start button?
Thanks
| in advance.
|
| SS
 
OH, YEAH!! That's exactly what I wanted. Thanks a bunch!

I already tried the %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe trick on my shortcuts, but was
doing it wrong. I was putting it at the end of the path instead as a prefix.
It makes sense now.

Thanks again.

-Tim
 
You're welcome.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| OH, YEAH!! That's exactly what I wanted. Thanks a bunch!
|
| I already tried the %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe trick on my shortcuts, but
was
| doing it wrong. I was putting it at the end of the path instead as a
prefix.
| It makes sense now.
|
| Thanks again.
|
| -Tim
 
You're welcome.

--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks Dave. Your solution got me what I wanted. Thanks again.
|
| SS
 
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