Windows Explorer Switches Errors

[Skippybox]

Hi,

I am trying to use the windows explorer switches, but have a problem
combining /root with /select. Individually they work, but together I get
problems.

Initially, I used: C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE
/e,/root,c:\ucd,/select,c:\ucd\module. I tried it different ways but usually
I get C:\ to open instead.

I tried skipping the comma before /select and when I try a file, I get a
warning that the path does not exist or is not a directory. If I add an
extension to the end of the file it sometimes gives me a File Download box.
Other times, like for a jpg file, it actually displays the image in the 2nd
pane! If I choose a directory instead of a file, it selects it in the folder
pane.

Also, in none of these trials does the /root actually work; I can see all
the folders above the /root! Except, when I did the .jpg file, the folder
structure did not expand, it just showed the normal items.

Can you tell me what I am doing wrong? These switches are supported in XP
aren't they? It shows at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307856 they are.

 

[Gerry]

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c:


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Skippybox]

Thanks Gerry. That helped for selecting the .jpg, but the other conditions
repeat themselves. Also, /root still does not work with your suggestion; I
can still see all the folders above it. Anybody have another idea?

 

[Skippybox]

Can anyone get the Windows Explorer switches /root and /select to work
together, and correctly on XP? Thanks in advance.

 

[ju.c]

You deleted the previous posts, please don't do that. Thanks.

 

[Skippybox]

Sorry, I was trying to re-phrase my question to make it easier to understand.
I thought by deleting the previous posts it would be less confusing.

 

[ju.c]

I've made that mistake too. Some people, myself included, use
a news reader program, like Windows Live Mail, to read posts.
Sometimes we delete, for one reason or another, a post. Then
a new post appears, but it's missing the previous posts, so we
don't know the rest of the story. Thank you for understanding.

 

[ju.c]

Since no one has answered I would like to try to solve this
problem, but I need to know what you are trying to do.

You want to open the folder C:\ucd\ with the folder
C:\ucd\module\ selected?


ju.c