Windows Explorer

[Bill Ridgeway]

For some reason Windows explorer now opens with some folders expanded. I'm
not sure what I've done to do this so I'm equally not sure how to change it
back. I'm sure it's quick to fix. How do you change the opening display in
Windows Explorer please?

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway

 

[Dave Patrick]

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

or for collapsed edit the shortcut's "Target" to read;
%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| For some reason Windows explorer now opens with some folders expanded.
I'm
| not sure what I've done to do this so I'm equally not sure how to change
it
| back. I'm sure it's quick to fix. How do you change the opening display
in
| Windows Explorer please?
|
| Regards.
|
| Bill Ridgeway
|
|

 

[Bill Ridgeway]

Accessing Windows Explorer from the shortcut on the Desktop is OK. The
problem arises when using Explore from Start.

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway

 

[Dave Patrick]

"when using Explore from Start"

Hard to say what this means. Are you right-clicking the start button?

If so this is meant more for profiles management. Not recommended as other
things may break but you can edit the default (no name) Reg_Sz values;


HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec
[ExploreFolder("%l", %I, %S)]
to
[ExploreFolder("C:\", C:\, %S)]

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\open\ddeexec
[ViewFolder("%l", %I, %S)]
to
[ViewFolder("C:\", C:\, %S)]

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Accessing Windows Explorer from the shortcut on the Desktop is OK. The
| problem arises when using Explore from Start.
|
| Regards.
|
| Bill Ridgeway