re: Question about 'Customize My Computer'
Saturday, September 27, 2003 at 2:12 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by sean
(2 messages posted)
I still cant this this to work. Maybe im doing it wrong???
On Monday, December 30, 2002 at 3:19 am, Chris wrote:
>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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