Open My Computer with left-hand pane in Folders view?

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Hi,

Create a new Shortcut and use following path as the location:

%windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:

Place the shortcut in the in the Start Menu, Quick Launch Toolbar or
where ever you like.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Cycle wrote:
> When My Computer opens ( by clicking Start, My Computer),
> there is a Folders button which toggles the contents of
> the left-hand pane between a folders tree, and a list of
> common tasks.
>
>
> By default it seems to always open in the common tasks
> view.
>
>
> Can I make My Computer open with the left-hand pane
> showing a tree view of folders, by default?

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Thank you for the information

Cycle.

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"Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Create a new Shortcut and use following path as the location:
>
> %windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:
>
> Place the shortcut in the in the Start Menu, Quick Launch Toolbar or where
> ever you like.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
> http://dts-l.org/
>
> Cycle wrote:
>> When My Computer opens ( by clicking Start, My Computer),
>> there is a Folders button which toggles the contents of
>> the left-hand pane between a folders tree, and a list of
>> common tasks.
>>
>>
>> By default it seems to always open in the common tasks
>> view.
>>
>>
>> Can I make My Computer open with the left-hand pane
>> showing a tree view of folders, by default?
>
>

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You're welcome Cycle.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

Cycle wrote:
> Thank you for the information
>
> Cycle.
>
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> "Bert Kinney" <bert@NSmvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23QrGHad9EHA.760@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>>
>> Create a new Shortcut and use following path as the
>> location: %windir%\EXPLORER.EXE /e,c:
>>
>> Place the shortcut in the in the Start Menu, Quick
>> Launch Toolbar or where ever you like.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
>> http://dts-l.org/
>>
>> Cycle wrote:
>>> When My Computer opens ( by clicking Start, My
>>> Computer), there is a Folders button which toggles the
>>> contents of the left-hand pane between a folders tree,
>>> and a list of common tasks.
>>>
>>>
>>> By default it seems to always open in the common tasks
>>> view.
>>>
>>>
>>> Can I make My Computer open with the left-hand pane
>>> showing a tree view of folders, by default?