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re: Question about 'Customize My Computer'
Monday, December 30, 2002 at 3:19 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Chris
(1 messages posted)
On Friday, December 6, 2002 at 3:07 pm, David wrote:
>Yup
>I'm not sure if it applies back to W2K, but my experience with XP has been you must
>also modify the default value in the "shell" key: this seems to be used (or at least,
>usable) to direct Windows to the default action
>Thus, you might call your new key "Explorer" instead of "Open", and set the default
value to "Explorer".
Thanks for that, it solved my problem. Note that you can combine this with the tip
about making Explorer open in the right folder (Using Windows) by making the value
in the "command" registry value have the suggested switches. That is the value associated
with the default key in
\HCR\CLSID\{20D04...}\SHELL\EXPLORER\COMMAND
should be set to
%SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /n, /e, c:\
if you want Explorer to open in C:\ (change the last parameter if you want it open
other than in C:\) It stops it opening that annoying "My Documents" folder.
Why, by-the-way do Microsoft insist on such condescending names - like "My Network
Places" and so on? How old do they think the average computer user is? - six???
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