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Want Win Explorer to open in C:\
Name: philowar Date: September 8, 2004 at 00:19:23 Pacific OS: XP/98se CPU/Ram: Athlon XP 2600
Comment:
How do I make Windows Explorer always open in the root directory of C:? It currently opens in "My Documents." I tried changing the "Start in:" directory in properties but it doesn't work.
Name: jubalsams Date: September 8, 2004 at 02:05:58 Pacific
Reply:
The switches are documented here : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;152457& I'm not on xp right now but you can try one of these : 1) In the Target box, change the entry to "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e" 2) "%windir%\explorer.exe /n, /e, C:\" without the quotes.
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Response Number 2
Name: philowar Date: September 8, 2004 at 15:10:40 Pacific
Summary: Assuming you have Win. XP on your C Drive. copy and paste this into a desktop shortcut C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e,C:\ and if you want it to open to a particulal folder, type the folder name after t...
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