Microsoft Windows XP Top Ten Tips and Tricks – Windows Explorer Directory
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How do you tweak Windows Explorer to open in the directory of your own choosing?
The default display for Windows XP Explorer is to show the My Documents folder with all of its subfolders expanded and ready to be selected.
To get to the Windows Explorer Properties dialog box, right-click the Windows Explorer shortcut. You can copy the shortcut in the Start Menu to your Desktop to make it easier to work with. I have several Windows Explorer shortcuts in my toolbar for easy access. Each will take me to a different place. When you right-click and go to Properties and click the Shortcut tab, you should see a screen similar to:
To change the Windows Explorer shortcut to open a specific folder of your choosing, change the Target box to read:
c:\windows\EXPLORER.EXE /n, /e, X:\Folder of your choosing
For example, files can be saved on a network drive (U) in a folder dubbed Working Folder. The Target box for this shortcut looks like this:
c:\windows\EXPLORER.EXE /n, /e, u:\working folder
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