Collapse "My Documents" in Explore.exe

[Ted Smith]

I like to use Explorer.exe rather than "My Computer", and always keep a
shortcut to it on my desktop. The only thing I really dislike about it is
that it always opens with "My Documents" fully expanded. Is there a way to
make it open with "My Documents" collapsed?

A related problem is the opening of "Explore" by right clicking "Start" and
clicking "Explore". But here, instead of expanding "My Documents",
"Explore" expands "Local Disk (C". Is there a way to open this program
with C: collapsed?

Ted Smith

 

[ras]

Answer #1: go to Explorer properties and in the 'Target' box type or copy
and paste (without the quotes) "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c:\" This
will open explorer with your C drive expanded. If you want another drive to
open instead change the drive letter in the target box.
Not sure how to change the other in question #2.

 

[Ted Smith]

Thanks. That will be helpful in the future. But what I really wanted was
for BOTH "My Documents" AND "C:" to be collapsed - not expanded. Any ideas?

Ted Smith

 

[Keith Miller]

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

Keith