How to get Windows Explorer to open the way you want

[Felecha]

I used to know the trick in Windows 98, how to set a switch in the command line of a shortcut to "...\explorer.exe ..." that you could make it open with the directory tree open to drive C or drive D or whichever you wanted.

I just installed W2K on my machine, and Windows Explorer opens with all the drives completely collapsed into My Computer in the lest pane. Every time I have to start from scratch and click open to C:\ and then further down.

Anyone know this quickie?

 

[torreyk]

Maybe get a quicker response in the OS forums. I would tell you but I haven't any idea

 

[Dreadogg]

right click on the drive in win explorer, create shortcut, and place this on your desktop. Hope this is what you were asking for!

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

I'd like to know this also.

 

[sciencewhiz]

the the /n and /e switches in addition to the stuff you have already. That is what I have, but I'm not sure which one, if either is what does the trick.

 

[RatedR]

Simple.

Goto your desktop, right click and select "new shortcut". Type the name of the directory you wish to shortcut to.... ie "c:\crap". Add a space, and then add "explorer.exe" to the end of the command. The end result would look like this. "c:\crap explorer.exe".

An Icon will then appear on your desktop, and the folder will just be a click away. You can name the icon whatever you want.

Hope that helps.

 

[Felecha]

I found it somewhere else, too, and you're right. Setting Target to:

C:\WINNT\explorer.exe /n,/e, c:\junk

will make it open with the junk folder opened for display in the right pane

Thanks

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