To change Windows Explorer default opening folder...
crosspost from http://blogs.msdn.com/rextang
This should bother lots of people, or, at least bothered me all the time. Just a small tweak and your computing environment will be better.
In Vista / Win2k8 Windows Explorer, the default opening folder is always user\documents, which for geeks most of the time were not a default starting point. how to change the default folder??
found the tweak at here and also making a reference in this post.
Create a shortcut (or modify the current windows explorer shortcut) and add one of the commands below to the TARGET box in the properties box of the shortcut.
Configure Windows Explorer
My Computer" highlighted in left side with all drives visible but not expanded and C: highlighted in right side:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,c:
Desktop highlighted and nothing expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/n,/select,/root,c:
All drives visible and the system drive highlighted and expanded in full
screen: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select
All drives visible and the system drive expanded in small screen:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,%systemroot%
Only Windows Directory visible highlighted and expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,%systemroot%
All drives visible but only C: highlighted and expanded:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,c:
Nothing expanded and My Computer highlighted in right side:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,/select,
Opens the Windows folder as a folder: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%
Opens as "My Computer": %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%,
This opens the Desktop folder with "My Computer" highlighted:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe %systemroot%,/select,
"Desktop" highlighted in the left side and no drives visible:
%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D},/select
"My Computer" highlighted in left side and all drives visible but none expanded:
%systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
"Desktop" in left side highlighted and "My Computer" highlighted in right side and no drives visible: %systemroot%\explorer.exe /e,/select,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D
by the way I just simply want a %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,d: ...
FYI.