How to get Window Explorer to open/remember last folder th..

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HOW TO: Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] US;q307856

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"Joe M" wrote:

| Everytime I open window explorer it would start the focus on the My Document
| folder. I don't want this. What I want is Window Explorer will focus on the
| last folder that was open previously. How do I do this? Is their an
| environment variable to set???

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"Joe M" wrote:
| Everytime I open window explorer it would start the focus on the
| My Document folder. I don't want this. What I want is Window Explorer
| will focus on the last folder that was open previously.

'Carey Frisch [MVP] Wrote:
| > 'HOW TO: Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP
| > http://tinyurl.com/437of

"decemberist" wrote:
| This does not answer Joe M's question. The article listed below by
| Carey Frisch only tells how to start Windows Explorer at a pre-defined
| location instead of the default location, not the last location
| visited.
| Please respond with the answer.

The only answer is that Windows can "Restore previous folder windows at logon",
which does not help the OP with an on-demand restore.