tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14892197.post3879169885384135589..comments2023-09-27T03:20:30.171-05:00Comments on Blake's Coding Blog: How To Change The Windows Explorer Start LocationBlakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05991871359367810242noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14892197.post-49953711285197006682009-02-24T21:29:00.000-06:002009-02-24T21:29:00.000-06:00In "How To Change The Windows Explorer Start Locat...In "How To Change The Windows Explorer Start Location" your method involves changing the registery. I tried the command lines you gave for the registry. Only instead of changing the registry, I simply added those perameters to the Target in the properties of the Explorer short cut. For example, I wanted Explore to open at the C: drive location. so I added this to the taret: /separate,/e,C:\<BR/>so that the entire Target was as follows: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /separate,/e,C:\<BR/>This produced the result that when I opened Explore, the left pane would show the expanded C: drive showing the first-level, or parent folders of the C: drive.<BR/><BR/>I really would prefer that Explorer starts with the left pane showing all the drives without having any particular drive expanded. For example the left pane would show (A:), (C:), (D:) etc. along with their respective drive icons, each in a collapsed state (no expanded view of any folders). To do this, I simply add the following to the Target of the Explorer shortcut properties: /separate,/e,<BR/>(NOTE that there is a comma "," after the "e". Without the comma, I won't get the desired view.)<BR/>So, the entire command line for the Target would be: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /separate,/e,Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814733221853657922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14892197.post-56782576999021936622009-02-24T21:02:00.000-06:002009-02-24T21:02:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814733221853657922noreply@blogger.com