re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want'
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 12:16 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by TonyW
(173 messages posted)
Change target for Windows explorer in its properties to the following:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,c:\
Adjust as necessary
On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 9:42 am, Stephen Schuelke wrote:
>I have the same annoyance for shortcuts I created on my desktop. I just figured
out
>a way to solve it within Windows XP...
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>After you create your shortcut, go into the Properties settings for that shorcut.
>In the "Target" field, type in the following prior to the target of your shortcut:
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>C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e,
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>For example, if a shortcut you created has a Target of
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>"C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Pictures",
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>your revised Target would be
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>C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e,"C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Pictures"
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>I picked the customizing settings for Windows Explorers at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q307856.
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>I hope this helps!
>
>Steve
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