Opening Windows Explorer

[Griff]

Hi there.

I have a little quibble with the way Windows Explorer
opens. When I open it from the Start buttom menu it
always opens up with My Document being the focus folder,
by default. Yet when I use the shortcut keys Windows
button + E, it will open up with the focus folder on MY
Computer. This way is MUCH more perfered, as I LOATHE
Microsoft telling me where I should store "my documents".

My question/s are: Is there a way to tweak Windows
Explorer so it will ALWAYS, by default, be focused on a
particular folder when I open it?

And on a somewhat related note, I HATE how when I'm in
Word or Excel, or another Office program, and I go to
open a file, and again, focus is set to My Documents.

This isn't a big deal, it's just that it annoys the hell
out of me!!!

Can anyone help?

Griff

 

[Strider]

Griff proclaimed...

Hi there.

Can anyone help?

This isn't exactly the answer you're looking for but...
I created a folder with it's own directory structure and then placed it
within my documents.

Like this:

http://stri.no-ip.com/temp/explore.JPG

 

[andreh]

Oh, how I miss my Norton File manager in Win98, hate this explorer
crap.

Anyway, here's your answer, I found it when I was looking for the same
answer.


To change the start location for windows explorer:

Right click on the explorer shortcut icon and for the target put in
this:

C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,C:\

You can change the C:\ to any place on your computer.
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,A:\
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,C:\Program Files
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,C:\My Documents
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,C:\Windows
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,F:\
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,F:\Downloads
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,D:\

The possiblities are endless

 

[Alex Nichol]

I have a little quibble with the way Windows Explorer
opens. When I open it from the Start buttom menu it
always opens up with My Document being the focus folder,
by default.

If you right click that entry and take Properties, you can change the
location in the Target entry.make it
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e,/select,C:
and it will open in My Computer with C: selected in the right pane.. Or
you can have a folder there and have it open at the level above, with
that folder selected - eg
/select,C:\windows\system32
would open in C:\windows with system32 pre-selected