Tips & Tricks

Exploring Fun

Ever wish you could control the folder or drive that Windows Explorer opens to? Well, you can. Here's how:

1. Right-click the Desktop and select New, Shortcut

2. In the command line box, put in one of the commands below:

- To have this shortcut open Explorer with focus on the My Documents folder, use this in the command line (probably a good idea to copy and paste the line):

explorer /e,/n,/root, c:\My Documents

It should look like this:

Note that XP users will need to do a little more for a My Documents shortcut. Your command line needs to look like this:

explorer.exe /e,/n,/root, C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR USER NAME\My Documents

Note that you'll need to fill in your user name where you see it in red above. For example, here's what it looks like on my machine:

explorer.exe /e,/n,/root, C:\Documents and Settings\Steve\My Documents

- If you would like to just have focus on the C: drive, use the line below:

explorer /e,/n,/root, c:\

- If you would like the shortcut to open to a "My Computer" view, use this line: (Note - if you right-click My Computer and select Explore from the resulting menu, you'll get the same effect. This is quicker though)

explorer /n,/e,/root,,/select,C:\

NOTE-
As you can see, you can put in any path you like where you see the "c:\" at the end of the line. You could set up Explorer shortcuts for any frequently used folders and or drives.

3. Once you've decided on the command line, click Next and name the shortcut (something like "Explore My Stuff" or Explore My Docs") and click the "Finish" button.

Cool huh?

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