Windows Explorer

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I'm trying to access Windows Explorer. "Help" tells me to click on
Start > All Programs >Accessories > Windows Explorer - but it's nor
there! How do I get it back?

There are 10 items in Accessories (but not W/E) whereas another
computer I have here (same Windows XP build) has 15 items (including
W/E). Why the difference? How do I restore it to my first machine?

All replies appreciated.
TIA.
 
DB. said:
I'm trying to access Windows Explorer. "Help" tells me to click on
Start > All Programs >Accessories > Windows Explorer - but it's nor
there! How do I get it back?

There are 10 items in Accessories (but not W/E) whereas another
computer I have here (same Windows XP build) has 15 items (including W/E).
Why the difference? How do I restore it to my first machine?

All replies appreciated.
TIA.
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My Computer or the Win+E key will take you there. Just enable the folders
button on the toolbar.
 
DB. said:
I'm trying to access Windows Explorer. "Help" tells me to click on
Start > All Programs >Accessories > Windows Explorer - but it's nor
there! How do I get it back?

There are 10 items in Accessories (but not W/E) whereas another
computer I have here (same Windows XP build) has 15 items (including W/E).
Why the difference? How do I restore it to my first machine?

All replies appreciated.
TIA.
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You could create another shortcut. Windows Explorer is
%systemroot%explorer.exe. It should start in %homedrive%%homepath%.
Jim
 
Bruce Hagen said:
My Computer or the Win+E key will take you there. Just enable the
folders button on the toolbar.
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Many thanks! That does it, of course. But I'm still puzzled as to
why it doesn't appear in the 'Accessories' list.
 
    Many thanks!  That does it, of course.  But I'm still puzzledas to
why it doesn't appear in the 'Accessories' list.
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Maybe the icon was deleted and the programm still is in the system32
folder.
 
Many thanks! That does it, of course. But I'm still puzzled as to
why it doesn't appear in the 'Accessories' list.
Click to expand...

Maybe the icon was deleted and the programm still is in the system32
folder.

Hi
Correction:
Explorer.exe resides in the "Windows Folder"

chas2209
 
    I'm trying to access Windows Explorer.  "Help" tells me to click on
Start > All Programs >Accessories > Windows Explorer  - but it's nor
there!  How do I get it back?

    There are 10 items in Accessories (but not W/E) whereas another
computer I have here (same Windows XP build) has 15 items (including
W/E).  Why the difference? How do I restore it to my first  machine?

All replies appreciated.
TIA.
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What you see as a logged in user in your Accessories folder come from
two other folders. Windows starts here:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users.WINDOWS\Start Menu\Programs
\Accessories

When you create a user and add programs later, they are in similar
folder that belongs to the user, like:

C:\Documents and Settings\< USER NAME >\Start Menu\Programs
\Accessories

When you login, you will be presented a combination of the shortcuts
in both with no duplicates because you are an All User and you are
you.

If you do not see it in your Accessories, it is somehow missing from
one of those folers, but you can create the shortcut in either folder
depending on what you want any future new users to see. Generally, it
goes in the users folder.

Browse to the folder, right click, create a New Shortcut, and in the
location enter this:

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, /select, C:\

That is the default setting and if your boot drive is not C, change
the shortcut.

Click Next and Name it whatever you want - Windows Explorer sounds
good.

You can change the icon through Properties, etc. so it looks the way
you want Look at the Properties on the system you like and make your
new shortcut look like that one.

This is how it should be working and you have now fixed the problem
instead of working around the problem using some other method.

You can put a copy of the shortcut (or any shortcut) down in your
Quick Launch area to the right of your Start button so Windows
Explorer is always just one click away instead of having to go through
all those menus.
 
    Many thanks!  That does it, of course.  But I'm still puzzledas to
why it doesn't appear in the 'Accessories' list.
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Oops... make the new shortcut with the properties like Jim says -
those are the properties of the WE shortcut created for a brand new
user or if you need to recreate it in your user folder - mine was
customized a bit to do what I wanted.

Target: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe

Start in: %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%

Now it should make sense why it does not appear in the Accessories
list, but how it got missing is a different story!
 
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