starting place for Windows Explorer

  • Thread starter Thread starter Bob Lockie
  • Start date Start date
B

Bob Lockie

Windows Explorer starts in:
%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
I want one to start in "My Computer".
 
You might want to take a look here:

http://tinyurl.com/6oj9b

This works in XP as well as Win2K.

What I did was the following:
Right click on your desktop and select New -> Shortcut.
In the location box copy and paste the following (as mentioned in
the MS article):

%systemroot%\explorer.exe
/e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Click Next.
Enter a name for the shortcut (e.g. Explorer My Computer).
Right click the new shortcut and select Properties if you want to
change the Icon.
Copy or move the new shortcut to whatever location you want. I
moved it to the Quick Launch bar.
 
Windows Explorer starts in:
%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
I want one to start in "My Computer".
Click to expand...

I have multiple partitions on 2 hard drives. Using an Explorer shortcut
with the following target line opens with focus on My Computer:

C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e,

and I leave the "start in" box blank.
Pressing Windows key +E will give the same results.
 
It's not displayed by default. You have to go to Start -> Control
Panel -> Display. Select the Desktop page. Click on Customize
Desktop. On the General page put a check mark in the box next to
My Computer. Click OK twice.
 
Back
Top