Can I specify how my Explorer folders display?

[JM]

I get around XP by right-clicking on the Start button and choosing
"Explore." Can I set how the folders display upon opening? For example,
currently Documents and Settings completely expands, which pushes many of my
folders so low that I have to scroll. How can I customize this?

Thank you,

JM

 

[David Candy]

Don't right click the Start menu and choose to Explore it.

 

[jenny]

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[Wesley Vogel]

Start button right click menu.

You cannot change this. These are all shortcuts to the 2 Start Menu folders
for the user that is logged on. The User and All Users.

The Start button right click menu contains:
Open
Explore
Search
Properties
Open All Users
Explore All Users
And others depending on what software you have installed.

When right clicking the Start button and selecting Explore, you are not
opening Windows Explorer per se. You are opening a Start Menu folder.

You have four choices of how to open two folders; Open, Explore, Open
All Users and Explore All Users. These are just shortcuts to the two
folders.

Depending on a bunch of settings, but generally...
Explore opens folders with Folders pane on the left.
Open opens folders with common tasks showing on the left.

Right click Start button | Open defaults to %userprofile%\Start Menu with
the
Common Tasks pane showing.

Right click Start button | Explore defaults to %userprofile%\Start Menu with
the Folders pane displayed.

Right click Start button | Open All Users defaults to
%allusersprofile%\Start Menu with the Common Tasks pane showing.

Right click Start button | Explore All Users defaults to
%allusersprofile%\Start Menu with the Folders pane displayed.

The %userprofile%\Start Menu folder is the Start Menu folder for whoever
happens to be logged on, i.e. the Current User.

The whole context menu is for the Start Menu and nothing else.

How any folder opens depends on how different options are set on your
machine. Basically Open will open a folder with Common Tasks displayed and
Explore will open a folder with the Folder Pane displayed.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Darrell S]

I get around XP by right-clicking on the Start button and choosing
"Explore." Can I set how the folders display upon opening? For
example, currently Documents and Settings completely expands, which
pushes many of my folders so low that I have to scroll. How can I
customize this?
Thank you,

JM

The easiest way is to open Explorer then right click on the C: drive icon,
choose Copy.
Right click on an open spot on your desktop and choose Paste Shortcut. Now
that you have a shortcut to C: drive you can right click it, choose
Properties and type a C into the shortcut key window. Now you can get there
by double clicking your new shortcut or use CTRL-Alt-C. If you want to you
could click and drag that shortcut to your Quick Launch on the Task Bar.
Now you can get there with one click and if you set up your Task Bar to show
on top of other windows it will always be available (almost always).