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"louise" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Everytime I use Windows Explorer it opens with My Documents
>
> Is there a way to set it to open directly into My Computer?
>
Right-click the Windows Explorer shortcut.
Click Properties
Replace %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe with any of the following:
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"My Computer" in left side and C: in right side:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,c:
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Desktop:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/n,/select,/root,c:
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System drive expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select
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System drive expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,%systemroot%
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Windows Directory expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,%systemroot%
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Drive C: expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,c:
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My Computer in right side:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,
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Opens the Windows folder as a folder:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%
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Opens as "My Computer":
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%,
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Desktop folder with "My Computer" highlighted:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%,/select,
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"Desktop" in the left side:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
/e,/root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D},/select
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"My Computer" in left side:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
/e,/root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
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"Desktop" in left side and "My Computer" in right side:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe
/e,/select,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
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