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re: Comment about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Friday, August 15, 2008 at 11:59 am Posted by jaf (3408 messages posted) For future reference. The two links you posted to your log and links can only be viewed when clicked by you. Any one else will get an error and won't be able to see what you are talking about. You need to host those files somewhere and link them with an "http" address. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Friday, August 15, 2008 at 7:22 pm Posted by JB (2 messages posted) You are right, of course. If you look carefully (always), the links in the above message are not functional, but are illustrative and close to typical. (The ALL CAPS folder name in each path string will have an appropriate user name on your machine.) I could have been more explicit, in that the user would create the indicated folder and it's sister text file, and start the text file with the capitalized string, ".LOG"... so Notepad will generate an automatic date-time stamp (or use the F5 key). Then right drag links(shortcuts) for both of them to the \Startup\ folder. With the preparation complete, your first use would be to note in your Daily.log what you have just done, and drag a shortcut for Daily.log (a file you just worked with) into the \Daily links\ folder. It does not matter that the log file is still open, and when you shut down, your XP will prompt you to save your log changes. Upon your next restart, they would both open to your desktop, reminding you what was, and be ready for your new day of use. I hope this was helpful, and according to Hoyle. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Comment about 'Force Explorer to Start With the Folder You Want' Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 3:17 am Posted by Spexx (2229 messages posted) You misunderstand. Jaf said that the links you supplied actually point to items stored on your own machine. From the outside world, so to speak, we have no access to your machine and so we cannot see those items. You would need to provide a URL which is available to the public. For example, the picture for my signature below is stored on a Web server which everybody can read from - if I only provided a link to the copy on my own machine, nobody would be able to see it. Cheers. Spexx. [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