My Network Places (or My Docs) -- how to open in Folders view?

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John Blaustein

When I click My Network Places or My Documents on my desktop, I'd like it to
open in Details View with Folders showing on the left. Is there a way to
get Windows Explorer to open in that particular configuration?

Thank you.

John
 
The details part is easy enough if you have explorer set to remember each folders view settings.
Explorer should remember the last view you closed.

To get the folder pane showing, you need to be exploring the folder rather than opening it. If you
want explore to be the default for all folders, use:

Folder Options -> File Types -> hilite 'Folder' -> 'Advanced button -> hilite 'explore' -> click
'Set Default'

If you want to keep the default folder action as 'open', but set 'explore' as the default for these
two folders, you can do so by adding the explore command underneath the CLSID for each folder. I
exported the 'explore' command key from:

"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore"

then replaced "\Folder\" with "\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\" (My Documents CLSID)

to get the following .reg file:

----------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell]
@="explore"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000022
"ExplorerFlags"=dword:00000021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\
00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\
65,00,20,00,2f,00,65,00,2c,00,2f,00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,\
00,25,00,49,00,2c,00,25,00,4c,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec]
@="[ExploreFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"
 
Thanks, Keith!

That looks complicated, but I think I can follow it all and accomplish what
I'm after.

John


Keith Miller MVP said:
The details part is easy enough if you have explorer set to remember each
folders view settings.
Explorer should remember the last view you closed.

To get the folder pane showing, you need to be exploring the folder rather
than opening it. If you
want explore to be the default for all folders, use:

Folder Options -> File Types -> hilite 'Folder' -> 'Advanced button ->
hilite 'explore' -> click
'Set Default'

If you want to keep the default folder action as 'open', but set 'explore'
as the default for these
two folders, you can do so by adding the explore command underneath the
CLSID for each folder. I
exported the 'explore' command key from:

"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore"

then replaced "\Folder\" with
"\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\" (My Documents CLSID)

to get the following .reg file:

----------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell]
@="explore"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000022
"ExplorerFlags"=dword:00000021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\

00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\

65,00,20,00,2f,00,65,00,2c,00,2f,00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,\
00,25,00,49,00,2c,00,25,00,4c,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec]
@="[ExploreFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

----------------------------------
to do the same for Network Places, replace the My Docs CLSID with:
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


John Blaustein said:
When I click My Network Places or My Documents on my desktop, I'd like it
to
open in Details View with Folders showing on the left. Is there a way to
get Windows Explorer to open in that particular configuration?

Thank you.

John
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You're welcome. Post back if you have any problems.

--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


John Blaustein said:
Thanks, Keith!

That looks complicated, but I think I can follow it all and accomplish what
I'm after.

John


Keith Miller MVP said:
The details part is easy enough if you have explorer set to remember each
folders view settings.
Explorer should remember the last view you closed.

To get the folder pane showing, you need to be exploring the folder rather
than opening it. If you
want explore to be the default for all folders, use:

Folder Options -> File Types -> hilite 'Folder' -> 'Advanced button ->
hilite 'explore' -> click
'Set Default'

If you want to keep the default folder action as 'open', but set 'explore'
as the default for these
two folders, you can do so by adding the explore command underneath the
CLSID for each folder. I
exported the 'explore' command key from:

"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore"

then replaced "\Folder\" with
"\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\" (My Documents CLSID)

to get the following .reg file:

----------------------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell]
@="explore"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore]
"BrowserFlags"=dword:00000022
"ExplorerFlags"=dword:00000021

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\command]
@=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,25,\

00,5c,00,45,00,78,00,70,00,6c,00,6f,00,72,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,65,00,78,00,\

65,00,20,00,2f,00,65,00,2c,00,2f,00,69,00,64,00,6c,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,2c,\
00,25,00,49,00,2c,00,25,00,4c,00,00,00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec]
@="[ExploreFolder(\"%l\", %I, %S)]"
"NoActivateHandler"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\application]
@="Folders"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\ifexec]
@="[]"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}\shell\explore\ddeexec\topic]
@="AppProperties"

----------------------------------
to do the same for Network Places, replace the My Docs CLSID with:
{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}


--
Good Luck,

Keith
Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]


John Blaustein said:
When I click My Network Places or My Documents on my desktop, I'd like it
to
open in Details View with Folders showing on the left. Is there a way to
get Windows Explorer to open in that particular configuration?

Thank you.

John
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