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[jbasnett]

When you open explorer is there a way to keep the C- drive, Documents and
Settings and the current users profile from expanding out? I have the
"Remember each folders view" checked. We have many other server drives and
they stay closed when you open explorer.
Thanks for any help on this,
Jim Basnett

 

[Dave Patrick]

Edit the shortcut's "Target" to read
%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,E:\
where E:\ is the drive and or directory you wish to expand.
or
%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

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Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| When you open explorer is there a way to keep the C- drive, Documents and
| Settings and the current users profile from expanding out? I have the
| "Remember each folders view" checked. We have many other server drives and
| they stay closed when you open explorer.
| Thanks for any help on this,
| Jim Basnett
|
|

 

[jbasnett]

Dave,
What would be the way to keep them collapsed when you right click on the
start button and hit explore?
Thanks,
Jim Basnett

 

[Dave Patrick]

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("C:\", C:\, %S)]

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

:
| Dave,
| What would be the way to keep them collapsed when you right click on the
| start button and hit explore?
| Thanks,
| Jim Basnett

 

[jbasnett]

Thanks Dave,
That took care of collapsing everything except the C-drive folder contents.
Can that be collapsed also?
Thanks,
Jim Basnett

 

[Dave Patrick]

You can play with the keys and the string I provided and let us know how you
come out.

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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

:
| Thanks Dave,
| That took care of collapsing everything except the C-drive folder
contents.
| Can that be collapsed also?
| Thanks,
| Jim Basnett