creating a shortcut to windows explorer in windows xp home..

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1. Right-click on your Desktop and select: NEW > SHORTCUT
2. In the Create Shortcut window, type in: EXPLORER.EXE , and click "Next"
3. In the next window, type in: Windows Explorer , and click "Finish"
4. A new Windows Explorer shortcut icon will appear on your Desktop.

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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"Edward Letendre" wrote:

| I have a computer that is running windows xp home edition. I cannot create a
| shortcut to the windows explorer application on my desktop, as the windows
| explorer program does not appear in the programs window. I know that if I
| click on the start menu and navagate to the programs icon, a second window
| wil appear showing all of the programs that are installed on my computer.
| However in the programs menu, I cannot see my explorer application anywhere.
|
| Can someone describe anoher way to create a windows explorer icon on my desk
| top without being able to go to the start menu, programs and then explorer
| icon, as I said before the explorer icon is missing. I also would like to
| know if this other method of creating a windows explorer icon would work in
| other operating systems such as windows 95, 98 and windows NT as I have a
| variety of computers at work and I need to be able to create windows explorer
| icons using either menthod mentioned here.
|
| Edward Letendre.

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In this Mce/Xp Pro and previous OS's I have always right clicked either
My Computer icon or Start in taskbar, which allows you selection of
Explorer, search etc.


"Edward Letendre" wrote:

> I have a computer that is running windows xp home edition. I cannot create a
> shortcut to the windows explorer application on my desktop, as the windows
> explorer program does not appear in the programs window. I know that if I
> click on the start menu and navagate to the programs icon, a second window
> wil appear showing all of the programs that are installed on my computer.
> However in the programs menu, I cannot see my explorer application anywhere.
>
> Can someone describe anoher way to create a windows explorer icon on my desk
> top without being able to go to the start menu, programs and then explorer
> icon, as I said before the explorer icon is missing. I also would like to
> know if this other method of creating a windows explorer icon would work in
> other operating systems such as windows 95, 98 and windows NT as I have a
> variety of computers at work and I need to be able to create windows explorer
> icons using either menthod mentioned here.
>
> Edward Letendre.
>

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Right click Desktop | Properties | Desktop tab |
Customize Desktop button | General tab |
Desktop icons | Select what you want on the Desktop:
? My Documents
? My Computer
? My Network Places
? Internet Explorer

[[Specifies whether these Windows items will appear as icons on your
desktop. Select the check box if you want the item to appear on your
desktop; clear the check box if you do not want the item to appear on your
desktop.]]

Or...

Start | Run | Type: desk.cpl | OK


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:2C7A8A50-94F7-4C47-8E6C-86A43853C831@microsoft.com,
Edward Letendre <EdwardLetendre@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and
pecked:
> I have a computer that is running windows xp home edition. I cannot
> create a shortcut to the windows explorer application on my desktop, as
> the windows explorer program does not appear in the programs window. I
> know that if I click on the start menu and navagate to the programs icon,
> a second window wil appear showing all of the programs that are installed
> on my computer. However in the programs menu, I cannot see my explorer
> application anywhere.
>
> Can someone describe anoher way to create a windows explorer icon on my
> desk top without being able to go to the start menu, programs and then
> explorer icon, as I said before the explorer icon is missing. I also
> would like to know if this other method of creating a windows explorer
> icon would work in other operating systems such as windows 95, 98 and
> windows NT as I have a variety of computers at work and I need to be able
> to create windows explorer icons using either menthod mentioned here.
>
> Edward Letendre.