Expanding the c:\ folder when Windows opens

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John Swanson

My computer came with XP Home. So that my c: directory would expand
when Windows opened, I went to Windows Explorer properties and put the
following in the target line:

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

Later, I installed XP Pro on top of what I already had and everything
worked fine for a long time, including the above.

I had a system crash after downloading and installing the latest
Windows update (I did not disable my Norton Antivirus, but then I
never had when getting Windows updates and nothing bad had ever
happened). Anyway, using my XP Pro CD, I did a clean install. I did
the above trick for the c: directory opening, but now it won't work.
What am I missing?
 
I have found that sometimes if you have a space after the comma (after the
/e), it does not work - I do not know why.

|My computer came with XP Home. So that my c: directory would expand
|when Windows opened, I went to Windows Explorer properties and put the
|following in the target line:
|
|c:\windows\explorer.exe /e, c:\
|
|Later, I installed XP Pro on top of what I already had and everything
|worked fine for a long time, including the above.
|
|I had a system crash after downloading and installing the latest
|Windows update (I did not disable my Norton Antivirus, but then I
|never had when getting Windows updates and nothing bad had ever
|happened). Anyway, using my XP Pro CD, I did a clean install. I did
|the above trick for the c: directory opening, but now it won't work.
|What am I missing?
 
This was interesting. When I applied the fix to properties for
Windows Explorer in the start menu, it didn't work. Then I created a
shortcut to Explorer on the desktop, applied it to properties there,
and it did work. Strange. Thank you for your help!
 
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