Default folder from RUN

[kcvv]

Hi,
Before I installed some critical patches and SP4 on my Win2k box, If I
clicked on Start, Run and just type "." , explorer would open my C: drive
( system drive) . Now it opens the user profile folder ( i.e. :
C:\documents and setting\username ) .
Same with Command prompt - earlier, CMD by default would open at C:\ - now
its opening C:\documents and setting\username :>.

Anyone knows what reg change I need to make to get this back to where it
was? I have tried to change some reg keys pointing to %Userprofie% to
%systemdrive% with out much luck!

TIA.
Venky.

 

[Alan Illeman]

Hi,
Before I installed some critical patches and SP4 on my Win2k box, If I
clicked on Start, Run and just type "." , explorer would open my C: drive
( system drive) . Now it opens the user profile folder ( i.e. :
C:\documents and setting\username ) .
Same with Command prompt - earlier, CMD by default would open at C:\ - now
its opening C:\documents and setting\username :>.

Anyone knows what reg change I need to make to get this back to where it
was? I have tried to change some reg keys pointing to %Userprofie% to
%systemdrive% with out much luck!

TIA.
Venky.

I tried "." in run and yes, it opens Explorer in the C:\ drive, but
why would you want to? Just make a shortcut for Explorer on
your desktop, right-click on this shortcut, select "Properties"
and replace 'Target' text with %windir%\explorer.exe /e,/root,c:\

 

[kcvv]

Alan,
I hate using the mouse when i need to do something fast - hitting "Cltr
esc r . enter " is easier than lifting my hand from keyboard and going for
the mouse ( call me lazy! ;-).. i'd call it "old school" .. sounds more
cool! ) .. and .. i use a old laptop with no windows key.. so cant use ...
"Windows M " . Even if i did have that key ( as in my office) its still
too much of an hassel to tab down to the explorer shortcut !! ( try
minimising a citirx published app with just keyboard .... pain!!! )

Also.. more than that im just curious... if it has changed some how, there
has to be a way to change it back .. isint it?

( right now, i've created shortcuts in my system32 folder, called 1.lnk
which opens explorer to where i want - so i just have to type "1" in the
run prompt to open c:\ . Same with cmd .)

Thanks!
Venky!.

 

[Larry Serflaten]

I hate using the mouse when i need to do something fast - hitting "Cltr
esc r . enter " is easier than lifting my hand from keyboard and going for
the mouse ( call me lazy! ;-).. i'd call it "old school" .. sounds more
cool! ) .. and .. i use a old laptop with no windows key.. so cant use ...
"Windows M " . Even if i did have that key ( as in my office) its still
too much of an hassel to tab down to the explorer shortcut !!

There is a place for naming your own shortcut key in the properties
of a shortcut. Set up the shortcut as was explained, then open its
properties dialog, and place the cursor on the Shortcut line and
press F1 for information about using that type of shortcut. (If
F1 is already a shorcut for something else, right click on that textbox
and select 'What's This?')

LFS

 

[Kristofer Gafvert]

Hello,

This is set by the User Variable HOMEPATH. When you select to run . (dot),
it runs "explorer .". This is the current folder, which is the one set by
HOMEPATH. (If you run "..\.." or "\" it will be C

This value is changed by some security update (cannot remember which one
right now).

You can change this by following this:

Right click "My Computer", and click Properties.
Click on the Advanced tab
Click "Environment Variables"
In "User variables for %username%", if there is already an entry for
HOMEPATH, change it to "/" (without the quotes). If there is none, create a
new one.

I do not know why they changed this behavior, so changing it in this way
might affect something else. I would recommend that you use "\", since this
will open what you want, without changing any variables. Note however that
the HOMEPATH variable also affects the folder which cmd is open in. If you
open cmd from Start->Run, it will not open in C:\documents and
setting\username, if you change HOMEPATH to the above value, it will open in
C:\ instead.


I hope this helps you understand what is going on, and that you have found a
solution for your problem. If this did not answer your question, please let
us know in this newsgroup, and i'm sure that I or somebody else will give
you more help.

Good luck!

 

[kcvv]

Hi Kristofer,

Thanks for pointing in the right direction. I was playing with HOMEPATH
earlier, but was trying C: and C:\ instead of / .
Also , puting the homepath variable in User variables did not work .But it
worked like a charm when i put a new HOMEPATH variable in "System variables"
and put the value as "/" .
Now both explorer and cmd opens to c:\ !

Thanks once again!
Venky.

 

[kcvv]

Thanks Larry! .. I found the solution for the actual problem.. but I can
think of a lot of ways to use the keyboard shortcuts u mentioned!
Thanks once again!
Venky.