opening c on windows explorer

[tony]

Hi All,

Just a small problem I am having, before I had a collapse of Xp and had
to reinstall I had a fix installed so as when I opened windows explorer
it automatically opened the C drive rather than the silly default My
Documents.
For the life of me I cannot remember the process.
Could one of you kind people out there please tell me how to reinstate this.

TIA, Tony

 

[woody]

Here you go:

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe ,/e, c:\

Create a shortcut to explorer, right click, select prop., insert above in
Target.

Woody

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi All,

Just a small problem I am having, before I had a collapse of Xp and had
to reinstall I had a fix installed so as when I opened windows explorer
it automatically opened the C drive rather than the silly default My
Documents.
For the life of me I cannot remember the process.
Could one of you kind people out there please tell me how to reinstate
this.

TIA, Tony

Basically, all you need do is modify the target field of your
Windows Explorer shortcut to point where you want it. In your case,
"%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e ,c:\" (without the quotes) should do the
trick.

Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q130510

WinNT Explorer Command-Line Options
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q152/4/57.asp

Alternatively, you could create a shortcut with a target of
"%windir%\explorer.scf."


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[tony]

Thanks each, it came flooding back when I saw it. Tony