Windows Explorer Folder Tree Order

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Tiny Lund

This may be difficult to describe so bear with me. When using Windows
Explorer, to the left side I have a folders view. I want this view but I
want to re-position the first folder below desktop which is My Documents and
sub folders. I want the first thing to appear beneath desktop to be My
Computer or if possible move desktop to a lower order on the tree. At any
rate I want My Computer to be first in the order.
 
Hi Tiny,

This may be difficult to describe so bear with me. When using Windows
Explorer, to the left side I have a folders view. I want this view but I
want to re-position the first folder below desktop which is My Documents and
sub folders. I want the first thing to appear beneath desktop to be My
Computer or if possible move desktop to a lower order on the tree. At any
rate I want My Computer to be first in the order.
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Right-click the desktop, create a shortcut and copy and paste the
following line:

explorer ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Or right click Windows Explorer/Properties and type this into the
Target path:

To have C: open (No folders)
%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /root, C:\

To have C: open expanded: %windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:

To have C: open and My Documents:
%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents

For it to open to My Documents:
explorer /n,/e,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents or
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n,/e,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\My Documents

To have My Documents open only (No folders):
Explorer /root, c:\Documents and Settings\%username%\My Documents


To have another Drive letter assigned to opening: D for example:
C:\Windows\Explorer.exe /e, d:\

d:\ can be modified for any folder/sub-folder you like. As in:
%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /e,d:\My Stuff

The /e switch tells Windows Explorer to open in the two pane explorer
mode
and the c:\ tells it to open in folder C:\. If you omit the /e switch,
Windows Explorer opens in a single pane view.

Good luck
 
Thanks Roger! That was very helpful and even quite entertaining to test
different configurations.
 
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