Windows Explorer Problem

[Joe]

I have a query from one of our senior members, he is running XP Pro and when
he goes to Start/All Programs/Accessories/Windows Explorer, instead of
opening the normal windows tree it only opens My Documents where it shows
the default folders.

Any ideas please?

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Joe
Tasmania
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[Kelly]

Hi Joe,

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 My Computer
C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /n

To have C: open expanded - Examples
%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:
%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,f:\Limited Documents

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
Explorer /root, c:,%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Kelly's Computer

If you wish to have Explorer open at My Documents on another drive, you
would use:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, f:\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.

Command Line Switches Examples for Windows Explorer
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#comline

Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q130/5/10.asp

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Right click on the icon for Windows Explorer, select Properties and then
type or copy/paste the following into the 'Target' box to open WE with the C
drive expanded:

%systemroot%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:

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| I have a query from one of our senior members, he is running XP Pro and
when
| he goes to Start/All Programs/Accessories/Windows Explorer, instead of
| opening the normal windows tree it only opens My Documents where it shows
| the default folders.
|
| Any ideas please?
|
| --
|
| Regards
| Joe
| Tasmania
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|
|

 

[Joe]

G'day Kelly and Will, thank you both very much for that valuable
information, I have passed the piece on to him that he needs but not the lot
at it may confuse him too much.

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Joe
Tasmania
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[Kelly]

Most welcome and hope all goes well, Joe. Thanks for the feedback. )