REQ: shortcut to open Win Exp in fullscreen mode

[Lars]

Is it possible to have a shortcut which open Windows Explorer in full
screen mode? (I think this is "kiosk mode".)

I could press F11 but in this case I want to have a shortcut which
calls Win Explorer and it launches directly into full screen mode.

It seems that the Internet Explorer can be opened in kiosk mode using
the parameter -k with "iexplore.exe" but how is it done for Win
Explorer?

 

[David Candy]

iexplore -k c:\

Same way.

 

[Lars]

David, when I try:

explorer -k c:\

then I get only part of kiosk mode because the task bar, menu bar and
window border are still visible.

Can I launch Windows Explorer in full kiosk mode with a single
command?

 

[David Candy]

Why don't you try what I told you to try instead of telling me what you tried doesn't work..

 

[Lars]

OK David, I get it now.

I need to use "iexplore" to get Windows Explorer.
And it works nicely!

Are there other parameters which I can use to make the window into a
double pane OR to put the button bar at the top OR to get F11 to
shrink it done again.

I put the command into a shortcut which then expands iexplore (with
no quotes) to "c:\program files\iexplore.exe" (with quotes). I have
tried adding /e, or /n, but they wont take.

The command treats the slash as part of a URL and sees the rest as a
fault URL.

What is the right way to do this?

 

[Trevor L.]

OK David, I get it now.

I need to use "iexplore" to get Windows Explorer.
And it works nicely!

I find this discussion quite strange
Internet Explorer is
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Windows Explorer is
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe

How can executing iexplore.exe open Windows Explorer ?

 

[Stan Brown]

Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:05:58 +1100 from <"Trevor L." <Trevor L.
@Canberra>>:

I find this discussion quite strange
Internet Explorer is
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

Windows Explorer is
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe

How can executing iexplore.exe open Windows Explorer ?

They seem to share a substantial code base. (Hence the common wisdom
on Web design groups that IE isn't a browser, it's an operating-
system component.)

Try opening (regular) explorer and typing a URL into it. You'll see
that the Web page opens.

Microsoft made a design decision that there should be no distinction
(or as little as possible) between what's on your computer and what's
on the Internet. I don't care for that at all, but presumably some
people like it. It does, however, lead to exactly the sort of
strangeness you've noted.

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

OK David, I get it now.

I need to use "iexplore" to get Windows Explorer.
And it works nicely!

Are there other parameters which I can use to make the window into a
double pane OR to put the button bar at the top OR to get F11 to
shrink it done again.

I put the command into a shortcut which then expands iexplore (with
no quotes) to "c:\program files\iexplore.exe" (with quotes). I have
tried adding /e, or /n, but they wont take.

The command treats the slash as part of a URL and sees the rest as a
fault URL.

What is the right way to do this?

Hi,

I have no problem adding -k c:\ to the target line in a shortcut and
make it work fine, but note that you need to add the parameters behind
the quote character, like this:

"c:\program files\iexplore.exe" -k c:\