How to specify another folder that open when explorer starts?

[Michael Nemtsev]

When you starts explorer the
"C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu" folder
opens by default.
Is there any way to change this opening folder?

 

[Zack Whittaker]

Check your registry for that exact string, and see if it comes up - then
report back with where it is and what the value is etc.

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[Michael Nemtsev]

There is only 1 record
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Folders\ with "Start Menu" key that comprise that path, but changing it to
"C:\" didn't help

any ideas?

 

[Loel Wooldridge]

In Win2000 and XP, there was an undocumented series of swithes for the
command line in the shortcut. Appending '<space>/n,/e' wouild accomplish
what you want, and in fact you could specify any valid path after the '/e'
switch to open Explorer any where you wanted. This doe NOT work with either
of the betas (5308 and the current, 'public beta 2' whcih I think is 5348
(I"m not in my test lab right now an have to depend on memory).

I hope that these command-line swtiches for explorere.exe will be restored
in the shipping version. It's difficault for this old dog to learn to stop
worrying and love the new Explorer. I very much prefer the Win2000 style
Explorer.

Loel

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

yep, I know it about, but how do you intend specify it for the default
explorer?
I can just create shortcut for defined folder in desktop, but I just want to
change the default path that is opened in explorer by default

 

[David Sherman]

try %systemroot% Directoryname