Guest Francis Marsden Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 (XP Home) Is there a way to change the default opening folder of Windows Explorer from "My Documents" to another folder of my choosing?
Guest Big_Al Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Change Expl. default opening folder? Francis Marsden wrote: > (XP Home) Is there a way to change the default opening folder of Windows > Explorer from "My Documents" to another folder of my choosing? > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/hwandprograms/openingfolder.mspx
Guest Nepatsfan Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Re: Change Expl. default opening folder? "Francis Marsden" <fake@fake.fake> wrote in message news:ebc3GVk2IHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > (XP Home) Is there a way to change the default opening folder of Windows > Explorer from "My Documents" to another folder of my choosing? > Right click on the shortcut you're using to launch Windows Explorer and select Properties from the menu. Look in the Target box on the Shortcut page. The default entry is %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe. If you want to have it open in a different folder, add the /e switch followed by a comma and the path to the folder. For example, to open Explorer at C:\Windows the target box should contain the following command. %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,C:\Windows You can substitute the path to the folder you want opened after /e, If you want Windows Explorer to open with My Computer expanded, use this command. %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, To have it open to your Desktop, use this command. %SystemRoot%\explorer /e,/select, Take a look at this article for more info. How To Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307856&sd=tech Good luck Nepatsfan
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