Windows Explorer Default Directory

[Daniel Walsh]

I'm not sure that I'm posting to the most appropriate newsgroup for this
question - if not, I'd appreciate it if someone would redirect me.

How could I set the the directory which would automatically open when I
start Windows Explorer? Right now, when started Windows Explorer
defaults to My Documents. ...Say I would like it to automatically open
C:\MyDir.

One additional question would be whether or not it's possible to also
have additional directories which show up as expanded in the left pane,
yet not selected?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

-d|w

 

[Dave Patrick]

Edit the shortcut's "Target" to read
%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,D:\
Where D:\ is the drive and or directory you wish to expand.

 

[Daniel Walsh]

Edit the shortcut's "Target" to read

%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,D:\

That worked great. Do you happen to know where I could find some
documentation on various switches/runtime parameters (e.g. "/e,D:\") for
MS applications such as explorer?

-d|w

 

[Roger Jones]

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;;307856