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    Default windows explorer

    This may take a bit of me trying to explain what i mean but ill give it a go.

    Im running Vista Home Premium by the way

    When i right click on start then go to explore, the C: drive tree opens up automatically.
    How do i change this so that it just shows me my different drives



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    You can change the "Target" in the explorer short cut.

    1. Open the Start Menu.
    2. Click All Programs.
    3. Click Accessories.
    4. Right click Windows Explorer and click Properties tab.
    (If you do not have this shortcut for Explorer here, then you can create a new shortcut from: C:\Windows\explorer.exe)

    5. In Target: area, type

    %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /E, /select, C:\

    6. Click OK.

    To restore default settings, type %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe in the Target area.

    All the command line switches for Windows Explorer are explained here:

    PS this works for XP as well.
    Last edited by ssrattus; 26-03-08 at 01:48 AM. Reason: corrected the command line... see #9

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    I prefer to use xplorer˛ from the free version is here it works with all windows flavours.


    Some more info here:


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    hey ssrattus, thanks for the help but it didnt change anything it still opens up all of the folders all the way down to the start menu. Anything else that i can try??

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    Open the Registry Editor

    Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shell\explore\ddeexec.

    On the right, right click on 'default' > Modify.

    On the Value Data line, replace both instances of '%I' with the path of the folder you wish explorer to open at. example

    [ExploreFolder("c:\downloads", c:\downloads, %S)]

    this will change ALL explorer shortcuts to open here!

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    Don't have Vista handy but on my PC XP it looks like this, with some bits erased for privacy...



    more command line examples

    Start Windows Explorer In The C Drive

    In the Explorer property sheet use this path and switches in the target:

    C:\windows\explorer.exe /n,/e,c:\

    Since the first days Windows Explorer appeared, the list of switches reproduced below has been floating around the internet. I'm not sure who was the first to assemble the list but here it is in its entirety. Play around with it and see if one of the views is what you're seeking. Just copy and paste the bold text into the Target line on the Property Sheet of Windows Explorer. If it's not what you expected you can always switch back to the default view by using C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe in the Target line.

    *

    "My Computer" highlighted in left side with all drives visible but not expanded and C: highlighted in right side: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,c:
    *

    Desktop highlighted and nothing expanded: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/n,/select,/root,c:
    *

    All drives visible and the system drive highlighted and expanded in full screen: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select
    *

    All drives visible and the system drive expanded in small screen: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,%systemroot%
    *

    Only Windows Directory visible highlighted and expanded: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,%systemroot%
    *

    All drives visible but only C: highlighted and expanded: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,c:
    *

    Nothing expanded and My Computer highlighted in right side: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,
    *

    Opens the Windows folder as a folder: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%
    *

    Opens as "My Computer": %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%,
    *

    This opens the Desktop folder with "My Computer" highlighted: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%,/select,
    *

    "Desktop" highlighted in the left side and no drives visible:
    %systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D},/select
    *

    "My Computer" highlighted in left side and all drives visible but none expanded:
    %systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
    *

    "Desktop" in left side highlighted and "My Computer" highlighted in right side and no drives visible:
    %systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
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    Last edited by ssrattus; 26-03-08 at 01:39 AM.

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    exactly how you have yours there is how i want mine to look but instead it opens up all of my folders in the c drive all the way down to the "start menu" folder.

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    hmmm, doesnt seem to matter which of those i try it stays the same

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    hmmm... just looked at my explorer target and it is

    %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, /select, C:\

    I wonder WTF I pasted it from when I did it last night to check out what I was posting worked as expected.... btw just read that someone with vista had to use a capital E instead. ie

    %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /E, /select, C:\

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    hey sstratus, finally decided to have another go at this due to giving up out of frustration last time. Would you beleive it actually worked first time i tried it.

    So to anyone else having computer problems the key is to give up for 4 months then try again.

    Thanks again

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