explorer bar specified via shortcut?

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Is there a way to create a shortcut that will bring up Explorer with any
of the Explorer Bar view options already set? These include Search,
Favorites, History, Research, Folders, Tip of the Day, and Discuss (I'd
settle for just Search, though). Thanks.

Michael Roper

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Jetro wrote:
> Win+F will bring a Search companion with a focus set on all volumes.

Thanks. How can I use that to create a shortcut?

Michael Roper

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Gerhard Fiedler wrote:
> You probably know this already...:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=314853 (WinXP)

Thanks Gerhard. Yes, I know about the basic parameters.

> Maybe there's some undocumented feature.

I guess this is what I was pinning my hopes on. There has to be -some-
method to accomplish this. After all, when you pull up "Search/For
files and folders..." on the Start menu, there's Explorer in full Search
Bar regalia. If they can do it, seems like I ought to be able as well.

Michael Roper

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IDispatch2 in fact.

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"Gerhard Fiedler" <gefiedler@globo.com> wrote in message news:101mmzwp8amtv$.ckp1gnh3rxeu$.dlg@40tude.net...
> On 5/13/05 21:24:32, Michael Roper wrote:
>
>> There has to be -some- method to accomplish this. After all, when you
>> pull up "Search/For files and folders..." on the Start menu, there's
>> Explorer in full Search Bar regalia. If they can do it, seems like I
>> ought to be able as well.
>
> Maybe there's somewhere a COM interface to Explorer. This could allow you
> to use JScript or VBScript (or whatever language that talks to COM) to
> create the windows the way you want them and then create shortcuts to those
> scripts.
>
> Gerhard