re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want'
Sunday, January 5, 2003 at 10:31 am
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Gene
(2 messages posted)
rmoore - Thank you for your response. I have endeavored to follow your instructions,
but they do not yield the results I am looking for. In fact, they didn't accomplish
anything. I am using Windows ME, and don't know if that is the difference.
On Saturday, January 4, 2003 at 3:43 pm, rmoore wrote:
>This is for those of you who use Windows Explorer for organizing your Programs folder
>but are tired of having to find the Windows Explorer and “mouse down” through the
>following path: C\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. This is a way to create shortcuts
>in the task bar for quick and easy access of customized Windows Explorer views.
>
>With your desktop in view, choose Start/ Find/Files or Folders, type EXPLORE. EXE
>in the NAMED box, and C: \WINDOWS in the LOOK IN box. When the file turns up, click
>the STOP button to halt the search, right drag a copy of the file onto the desktop,
>and choose CREATE SHORTCUT(s) HERE. Right click your shortcut and choose Properties.
>
>The Target setting, near the middle of the Shortcut sheet, tells Explorer to show
>the contents of the root folder, C: \. If that's what you want, you're nearly home
>free. Choose the Change Icon button, type C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\ SHELL32.DLL in the
File
>Name box (for Windows 2000 users type, %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\SHELL32.DLL), select
>an alternative icon for your shortcut, and press Enter. If you want several different
>starting points for Explorer, create the appropriate number of shortcuts.
>
>Now comes the hard part. Open the Properties dialog box for each shortcut, and type
>a command, placing it in the Target box, in the following format:
>
>C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE {/n},{/e},{options},{folder}
>
>· /n, - Opens a new single pane Explorer window
>· /e, – Opens a 2 pane view of the selected folder
>· options- lets you choose between /root and /select
>· /root, – Used with folder. Chooses the designated folder as the starting point(root)
>of the folder tree. (Ordinarily, \DESKTOP is the root)
>· /select, – Highlights the designated folder and displays the contents of the parent
>folder in the right pane.
>· folder – designates the folder path
>
>Note that there is a space bertween EXPLORER.EXE and {/n}, but no spaces elsewhere.
>Each comma belongs to the preceeding element. Curly braces mean an item is optional-
>for example, you can include /n, and omit the the others. Spend a little time and
>experiment and you will understand how the parameters work. The following are some
>examples:
>
>To present a SINGLE PANE view of C:\WINDOWS, use this command (don’t forget the
mentioned
>space):
>
>C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n, C:\WINDOWS (for Win98)
>
>C:\WINNT\EXPLORER.EXE /n, C:\WINNT (for Win2k)
>
>To present a DUAL PANE view with an open, highlighted \WINDOWS folder as the top
>folder in the left pane, use:
>
>C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /e,C:\WINDOWS (for Win98)
>
>OR
>
>C:\WINNT\EXPLORER.EXE /e, C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ALL USERS\START MENU\PROGRAMS…
>(for Win2k)
>
>To present a DUAL PANE VIEW WITH C: \WINDOWS, as the top folder in the left pane,
>use:
>
>C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /e,/root,C:\WINDOWS (for Win98)
>
>C:\WINNT\EXPLORER.EXE /e, /root,C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS (for Win2K)
>
>You can leave these shortcuts on the desk top however, this is not always a convenient
>place to access them. If you have WIN 98, I suggest you gather them in a folder.
>(Right click on the DESKTOP, choose NEW FOLDER and rename it say… Explorer Views).
>Drag your newly created shortcuts in the Explorer Views folder and then drag the
>Explorer Views folder to the TASK BAR next to the START button. Now you have a kind
>of “Quick Launch” Explorer view folder.
>
>
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