Windows Explorer

[Bill Martin]

Back in XP my Windows Explorer icon was set up with the command line
parameter "/e" which made the program always open up with the "C:\"
directory file tree open for viewing.

With Vista it defaults to showing a bunch of document folders that are of no
use to me. I'd rather see the disk file tree in the normal manner rather
than a bastardized folder tree.

Is there some command line parameter that can be added to make it show the
simple disk file tree by default? Or is it easier to just find a third
party directory tool instead?

Thanks.

Bill

 

[Dwarf]

Hi Bill,

This involves changing the properties of the Windows Explorer shortcut.
Right-click on the shortcut and select the shortcut tab. In this tab, edit
the target line to read as follows (note that the default target is
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe):

Opens Explorer at the root of the C drive:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /root, c:\

Opens Explorer at a specific folder in C drive:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /root, c:\ /select, c:\[FOLDER] where
[FOLDER] is the path to the desired folder.

Dwarf

 

[Bill Martin]

Perfecto! Thanks to both of you guys for the help.

Bill
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Hi Bill,

This involves changing the properties of the Windows Explorer shortcut.
Right-click on the shortcut and select the shortcut tab. In this tab, edit
the target line to read as follows (note that the default target is
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe):

Opens Explorer at the root of the C drive:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /root, c:\

Opens Explorer at a specific folder in C drive:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /root, c:\ /select, c:\[FOLDER] where
[FOLDER] is the path to the desired folder.

Dwarf

Back in XP my Windows Explorer icon was set up with the command line
parameter "/e" which made the program always open up with the "C:\"
directory file tree open for viewing.

With Vista it defaults to showing a bunch of document folders that are of
no
use to me. I'd rather see the disk file tree in the normal manner rather
than a bastardized folder tree.

Is there some command line parameter that can be added to make it show
the
simple disk file tree by default? Or is it easier to just find a third
party directory tool instead?

Thanks.

Bill

 

[BirgerH]

Hey Bill.

I didn't know all this in these answers, so I just used the old XP-way, only
with a capitol E (I knew it was an e - and when e did not work, it has to be
E)
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /E,C:\
and it works exactly the same way.
If you want another path, just write that.