There is one thing that is really annoying me!  Is there anyway to have the folders 
bar instead of the task pane when browsing standard folders.

E.g, If I double click "my documents" on the desktop (or type c:\windows in 'run', 
or double click a folder), it will launch the folder with the folders bar on the 
left hand side instead of tasks pane. 

I can get rid of the tasks pane already but I am currently unable to force windows 
to launch the explorer bar without either making a shortcut (which is unviable due 
to fact that i open numerous different folders and i don't want a shortcut to each 
one!), or by constantly going to view>explorer bar>folders ???

Why couldn't MS make a Ctrl shortcut to the folders bar??

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re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at 12:49 pm Posted by jcw (5101 messages posted) Doesn't getting your view etc. set the way you want it in Win Explorer, and then in its Folder Options (under the Tools menu), hitting the Apply to All Folders button work? On Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at 11:44 am, Benjamin Dodson wrote: >There is one thing that is really annoying me! Is there anyway to have the folders >bar instead of the task pane when browsing standard folders. > >E.g, If I double click "my documents" on the desktop (or type c:\windows in 'run', >or double click a folder), it will launch the folder with the folders bar on the >left hand side instead of tasks pane. > >I can get rid of the tasks pane already but I am currently unable to force windows >to launch the explorer bar without either making a shortcut (which is unviable due >to fact that i open numerous different folders and i don't want a shortcut to each >one!), or by constantly going to view>explorer bar>folders ??? > >Why couldn't MS make a Ctrl shortcut to the folders bar?? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at 1:21 pm Posted by Benjamin Dodson (4 messages posted) Unfortunately not! It remembers everything apart from the folders bar :( On Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at 12:49 pm, jcw wrote: >Doesn't getting your view etc. set the way you want it in Win Explorer, and then >in its Folder Options (under the Tools menu), hitting the Apply to All Folders button >work? > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Wednesday, September 1, 2004 at 4:08 pm Posted by Fredrik Axelsson (1 messages posted) Same problem here, and my great configuration of folder views got lost with just a click at a button. But I'm used to doing stuff at least 77 times (since I'm a Windows users so...) But I would really like to see some smart guy figure out how to really get explorer on its knees and obey my needs, and to post the solution here. Anyone? My needs: Start in a certain folder on a certain drive AND displaying the folders to the left. Cheers, Fredrik On Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at 11:44 am, Benjamin Dodson wrote: >There is one thing that is really annoying me! Is there anyway to have the folders >bar instead of the task pane when browsing standard folders. > >E.g, If I double click "my documents" on the desktop (or type c:\windows in 'run', >or double click a folder), it will launch the folder with the folders bar on the >left hand side instead of tasks pane. > >I can get rid of the tasks pane already but I am currently unable to force windows >to launch the explorer bar without either making a shortcut (which is unviable due >to fact that i open numerous different folders and i don't want a shortcut to each >one!), or by constantly going to view>explorer bar>folders ??? > >Why couldn't MS make a Ctrl shortcut to the folders bar?? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Friday, September 24, 2004 at 7:37 am Posted by brian (1 messages posted) Try this http://blogs.msdn.com/jroller/archive/2004/07/06/174444.aspx On Wednesday, August 18, 2004 at 11:44 am, Benjamin Dodson wrote: >There is one thing that is really annoying me! Is there anyway to have the folders >bar instead of the task pane when browsing standard folders. > >E.g, If I double click "my documents" on the desktop (or type c:\windows in 'run', >or double click a folder), it will launch the folder with the folders bar on the >left hand side instead of tasks pane. > >I can get rid of the tasks pane already but I am currently unable to force windows >to launch the explorer bar without either making a shortcut (which is unviable due >to fact that i open numerous different folders and i don't want a shortcut to each >one!), or by constantly going to view>explorer bar>folders ??? > >Why couldn't MS make a Ctrl shortcut to the folders bar?? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Tuesday, October 12, 2004 at 8:21 pm Posted by Ken Loyless (1 messages posted) Man I have spent hours and hours trying to get explorer to behave. I have been using Norton NT tools since 95 and now that I have "upgraded?) to eXtreme Pain Norton File Mangager is full of bugs but there are still some great features that work. You would think after ALL this time MS could at least get explorer to work like a real file manager. Instead it acts more like a cheesy web browser. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr I wish I could contribute a solution.... On Friday, September 24, 2004 at 7:37 am, brian wrote: >Try this >http://blogs.msdn.com/jroller/archive/2004/07/06/174444.aspx > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at 10:02 am Posted by Mart (1 messages posted) THIS WORKED!!! Thanks Brian!!! On Friday, September 24, 2004 at 7:37 am, brian wrote: >Try this >http://blogs.msdn.com/jroller/archive/2004/07/06/174444.aspx > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 10:08 pm Posted by NickGuy (5 messages posted) Cool This worked for me for MyComputer. But in my case I have 2 links to eplorer.exe, 1 to open it in C and the other to open it directly in C\ProgramFiles. The 2 links work fine, opening WindowsExplorer indeed where I want it ..... BUT in Tasks View. Is there any trick, maybe on the link command line, to force Folders View? Thanks, Nick. On Wednesday, December 29, 2004 at 10:02 am, Mart wrote: >THIS WORKED!!! >Thanks Brian!!! > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 9:42 am Posted by Stephen Schuelke (1 messages posted) I have the same annoyance for shortcuts I created on my desktop. I just figured out a way to solve it within Windows XP... 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: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e, For example, if a shortcut you created has a Target of "C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Pictures", your revised Target would be C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e,"C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Pictures" I picked the customizing settings for Windows Explorers at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q307856. I hope this helps! Steve ---------------------------- On Sunday, December 4, 2005 at 10:08 pm, NickGuy wrote: >Cool This worked for me for MyComputer. But in my case I have 2 links to eplorer.exe, >1 to open it in C and the other to open it directly in C\ProgramFiles. The 2 links >work fine, opening WindowsExplorer indeed where I want it ..... BUT in Tasks View. >Is there any trick, maybe on the link command line, to force Folders View? > Thanks, Nick. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 12:16 pm 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... > >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: > > >C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e, > >For example, if a shortcut you created has a Target of > >"C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Pictures", > >your revised Target would be > >C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e,"C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\My Documents\My Pictures" > >I picked the customizing settings for Windows Explorers at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q307856. > >I hope this helps! > >Steve > >---------------------------- > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Monday, January 23, 2006 at 4:09 pm Posted by NickGuy (5 messages posted) Thanks guys. This worked fine. Starting to have a little respect for old man Gates, now that he got this working for us. Sorry for late reply, did not realize you guys answered. NickGuy On Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at 12:16 pm, TonyW wrote: >Change target for Windows explorer in its properties to the following: > %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,c:\ > >Adjust as necessary > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum