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Explorer Display

Discussion in 'Windows XP' started by David Favin, 2005/12/19.

  1. 2005/12/19
    David Favin

    David Favin Inactive Thread Starter

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    Troops:

    As it stands now, when I open Windows Explorer i get a tree display involving
    the MS cutesie title "My Computer ". Now I have to click on that inorder to get to the drives I have made i.e. A, C D, E, F, G, K, J, R and S.
    My question is this. How can I arrange things such that when I click on WINDOWS EXPLORER I go directly to the window I want displayed without that intervening step?

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  2. 2005/12/20
    Steve R Jones

    Steve R Jones SuperGeek Staff

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    Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer


    HOW TO: Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP

    http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307856&sd=tech

    Examples

    The following examples describe the use of Windows Explorer switches.

    Explorer /n
    This command opens an Explorer window using the default setting. This is usually the root of the drive on which Windows is installed.

    Explorer /e
    This command starts Windows Explorer using the default view.

    Explorer /e,C:\Windows
    This command starts Windows Explorer using the default view, with the focus on C:\Windows.

    Explorer /root, C:\Windows\Cursors
    This command starts Windows Explorer at the C:\Windows\Cursors folder. This example uses C:\Windows\Cursors as the "root" directory for Windows Explorer.

    NOTE: Note the comma after the "/root" switch in the command.
    Explorer /select, C:\Windows\Cursors\banana.ani
    This command starts Windows Explorer with the "C:\Windows\Cursors\banana.ani" file selected.

    NOTE: Note the comma after the "/select" switch in the command.
    The Windows Explorer switches can be combined in a single command. The following example shows the combination of the Windows Explorer command-line switches.
    Explorer /root, \\server\share, select, Program.exe
    This command starts Windows Explorer using the remote share as its "root" folder, along with the Program.exe file selected.
     
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  4. 2005/12/20
    David Favin

    David Favin Inactive Thread Starter

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    Steve:

    Your answer was right on. I right clicked on the Windows Explorer icon and
    chose PROPERTIES. I then changed the TARGET PATH to include a "/e" and that did the trick.

    Thank you for both the direct suggestion and the manner of approaching such a problem.:)

    David Favin
     
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  5. 2005/12/20
    PeteC

    PeteC SuperGeek Staff

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    A further command which I do not see in a (brief) look at that article - for a shortcut to a fully expanded Explorer view is .....

    %SystemRoot%\explorer.scf
     
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