Could someone tell me how to set Windows Explorer to open to My Computer by default (so that I get the same view of the drives, etc, as if I opened My Computer on the desktop). Currently, it opens to My Documents. I went into properties and saw that the "Start in:" field is currently "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%" but I'm not sure what to set it to to make the change. Thanks!

You already asked the same question 3 years ago & you got the answer too, remember? http://computing.net/windowsxp/wwwb... i_Xp/VistaUser

Hmm, ok, don't know if you're trying to be persnickety, but actually, the question I asked 3 years ago was how to make it open to C:. That I understand. What I don't know is how to specfiy "My Computer".

Ah, the wonders of Google. ANSWER: Go to --> Windows Explorer properties (right click on Explorer) The following should be in the "Target:" box: "%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}"

Glad you found it by googling. I could have given you the better answer in the links below. Together, they have everything you need to know to properly configure Explorer startup options. How To Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP Explorer.exe Command-Line Options for Windows XP HTH i_Xp/VistaUser