Windows Explorer.

[Dave]

Hi all,

Does anyone know how I can open Windows Explorer to show the entire "C:
Drive" (including sub-folders), rather than opening "Documents", then having
to scroll down, click on "My Computer" & then click on "Local Disk C:"

Under XP, if I put a shortcut from the "Windows" folder, of explorer.exe, it
would do what I want. (Basically I want to be able to see the contents of my
C: Drive at the click of a button).

If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate the help.

Happy Holidays,

Dave.

 

[Jeff Gaines]

Hi all,

Does anyone know how I can open Windows Explorer to show the entire "C:
Drive" (including sub-folders), rather than opening "Documents", then
having to scroll down, click on "My Computer" & then click on "Local Disk
C:"

Under XP, if I put a shortcut from the "Windows" folder, of explorer.exe,
it would do what I want. (Basically I want to be able to see the contents
of my C: Drive at the click of a button).

If anyone can help, I'd really appreciate the help.

Explorer still takes the same flags it always has, so:

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

will open it with the 'C' drive selected.

 

[Dave]

Hi Jeff,

That worked perfectly. I just copied your text into the target section of my
shortcut.

Thanks again,

Dave.

 

[R. C. White, MVP]

Hi, Dave.

Since Jeff's solution "worked perfectly" for you, this might be overkill.
;^}

But, just in case - or for anyone "reading over our shoulders" (In these
groups, "lurking" is NOT a bad word!), there are other ways to accomplish
the same thing.

My computer has many volumes ("drives", as in "Drive C:"). I can see them
all by clicking Start and hovering over Computer, but the list disappears
when I click one. Or I can right-click on Computer and click Open; this
brings up a semi-permanent screen that shows them all and doesn't disappear
until I click the red X. From either of these Computer lists, I can drag
any "drive" to my Desktop and create a shortcut for that drive; I can then
drag the shortcut wherever I want it on my Desktop, and even rename it if I
like to something more meaningful for me. I usually do that for the
half-dozen or so that I need to look into most often, arranging the shortcut
icons in a column on my Desktop, separated from icons for my apps.

For the one or two drives that I really want always available with a single
click, I also drag the icon to my Quick Launch toolbar and chose "Copy
here". Then, no matter whether I'm running Word or looking at a photo or
playing a game, a single click opens Drive E:. ;<)

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Lang Murphy]

Doesn't "Copy here" actually copy the files to the user's launch bar folder
as opposed to "Create shortcut" which does not actually copy the files?

Lang

 

[R. C. White, MVP]

Hi, Lang.

What I have done is a two-step process. First, I create a shortcut to the
drive on my Desktop. Then I Copy that shortcut to the Quick Launch toolbar.
This puts an icon into QL, which will open Windows Explorer to the Root of
that drive when I click on it. It does what Dave was trying to do, using
drag'n'drop, which might be easier than using the command line that Jeff
posted.

After your post, though, I checked a little further. I found a variety of
behaviors, depending on whether I use right-click-drag or left-click-drag to
move the drive icon directly from Computer to QL. I haven't had time to
explore all the variations, but here are some that I've discovered so far:
If I right-click on Computer to Open the list of drives, I can
right-click-drag an icon for a drive to QL. This gives me a context menu
from which I can Create Shortcuts Here or Copy Here. If I choose Create
Shortcuts, I get an icon which opens WE, as above. If I click Copy Here,
then it does try to copy the files (but it can't because I don't have enough
room on my boot volume for the files). But if I left-click-drag the drive
icon to QL, clicking the new QL icon opens WE to the Root of that drive.

And, somehow - I don't remember how - I managed to create one QL icon that
produces a list of files and folders when I just hover over the icon! I can
click on the list to open a folder or read a text file, without opening WE.

Obviously, I need to explore this further when I have more time. Or maybe
someone else will tell us more about this.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Mail 7.0 in Vista Ultimate x64)

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Just out of curiosity, why don't you just use the new Place on Quick Launch
option on the context menu? Just curious.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Not seeing a "Place on Quick Launch" option in the context menu here... not
for a drive in Explorer, anyway...

Lang

 

[Lang Murphy]

K... get it now... wasn't clear to me that you were dragging a shortcut to
the QL bar... thought you were dragging the drive icon from Explorer... my
misinterpretation...

Lang

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

I meant for explorer, sorry.

 

[Lang Murphy]

No... don't apologize... no need. I'm still not tracking with what you're
saying... just exactly where is this "Place on Quick Launch" option?

Thanks,

Lang

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Just out of curiosity, why don't you just use the new Place on Quick
Launch option on the context menu? Just curious.

Mine says "Add to Quick Launch" and it would be useful if I could move the
Quick Launch bar to the side of the screen like I could in XP.

 

[Dale]

Where is your quick launch? Mine's on the left side of the screen.

Dale

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Where is your quick launch? Mine's on the left side of the screen.

It's at the left end of the taskbar. On my XP machines it's on the left
edge of the screen.