Rooted explorers?

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Will Pittenger

How do I tell Explorer to make a tree window rooted to something other
than My Computer or Desktop? I thought it was "/e,PATH /root", but that
doesn't work. I get a non-rooted explorer.
 
Will Pittenger said:
How do I tell Explorer to make a tree window rooted to something other
than My Computer or Desktop? I thought it was "/e,PATH /root", but that
doesn't work. I get a non-rooted explorer.
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"How To Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307856/en-us

"Explorer.exe Command-Line Options for Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314853/en-us

"HOW TO: Have Windows Explorer Default to the %SystemRoot% Drive When
Started" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257518/en-us
 
Ok. Thanks. "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e,/root,c:\" worked. Didn't
know I needed the second comma.
 

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