my computer and MS Mouse

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I used to have my MS Mouse configured to use the wheel click to open my
computer, however since a rebuild I cnan not remember the switch (?) and I
can only get as far as my documents. anyone know how i reset this to open my
computer instead of docs?
 
Kim K said:
I used to have my MS Mouse configured to use the wheel click to open my
computer, however since a rebuild I cnan not remember the switch (?) and I
can only get as far as my documents. anyone know how i reset this to open
my
computer instead of docs?
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Control Panels, Mouse of course you may have to install the MS Intellipoint
software first.
 
Yes I have done that, however there is a custom start setting for the wheel
button that does not opt for Windows explorer, and by setting the custom to
explorer.exe only opens up My DOcs, there used to be something like
explorer.exe /e that would allow you to open right to my computer. This is
what I am after. Any ideas?
 
You may have seen this posted by Wesley Vogel under the subject "XP File
Explorer"

Windows Explorer Create a shortcut to My Computer

Right click the Windows Explorer shortcut | Properties | Shortcut tab |
Replace the text in the Target box with:

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

Click Apply | Click OK

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

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
should open with Tasks view.

HOW TO: Change Windows Explorer Default View to My Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221878

Regards,
ern.
 
Thanks for the reply - it works great for the OS but not for programming the
MS Mouse. As it is I can only do a custom select for the explorer.exe
program, and using the line for the OS failed to work for opening to win
explorer in the ms mouse, it actually said it could not find it.

I would have thought that you could easily program a MS mouse to open win
explorer and not my docs, I can not remember for the life of me how I did it
a few years ago before I rebuilt this machine! If you come up with something
please let me know.
 
Kim K said:
Thanks for the reply - it works great for the OS but not for programming the
MS Mouse. As it is I can only do a custom select for the explorer.exe
program, and using the line for the OS failed to work for opening to win
explorer in the ms mouse, it actually said it could not find it.

I would have thought that you could easily program a MS mouse to open win
explorer and not my docs, I can not remember for the life of me how I did it
a few years ago before I rebuilt this machine! If you come up with something
please let me know.
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Hi Kim

Try putting this line into the mouse's custom start entry:

"C:\windows\explorer.exe" /n,/e,/select, C:

That will give you the usual Explorer double-pane window with the tree
in the left and My Computer open on the right.

If you'd prefer a single pane with just My Computer showing, try without
the /e:

"C:\windows\explorer.exe" /n,/select, C:

Hope this helps and does what you want :-)
 
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