Windows Explorer Registery to startup to D:> Drive

[Candidog]

When I open up Windows Explorer (Not IE), the application defaults by expanding the C Drive. I know there is a registery entry that can change it so when I open Windows Explorer it will expand my D:> Drive by default.

Does anyone know this registery key?

Greg

 

[Mike555]

This will work if you are always using a shortcut to open explorer:

1. Right-click the shortcut
2. Select Properties
3. Select the Shortcut tab
4. Input into Target box: %SystemRoot%\Explorer.exe /root, D:\

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Mike

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[Jpoandl]

I was looking around for an answer to this very question however I wanted to change the default folder that explorer opens in when i choose 'explore' from the right click context menu off the 'Start' button. ANyway having not found what I was looking for I began digging in the registry and I found the relevant keys!!

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Folder\Shell

Here you find all the entries for your Start button right click context menu. It seems that no matter what you do to the 'explore' keyset, it doesnt change the default directory for explorer as I had hoped. Sooo, I made a new keyset copying all of the 'explore' items into a new keyset. I changed the name of it to 'Explore D:\' and changed the 'command' key to 'explorer /root, d:\' and hey presto I had a new entry on my right click context menu.

Joseph L. Poandl
MCSE 2003

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[functoid]

right click on the "Windows Explorer" Icon. When the contect menu appears, choose "Properties". Where it says "Target:", add '/e,c:'(no quotes) to %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe

eg: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,c: where C: is the drive letter.