Change the Windows Explorer start directory.

Posted on December 3, 2007
Filed Under Vista Tips & Tricks, XP Tips & Tricks

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The next Office Tip and Trick is a nice one for you to work quicker with your Microsoft Operating System.

This is a Microsoft tutorial for creating a Windows Explorer shortcut on your desktop (if you don’t have one yet) and then for changing the Windows Explorer start directory.

For creating a Windows Explorer shortcut on your desktop you have to do this:

Go to Start button
Select All Programs
select Accessories
right click on Windows Explorer
Now select Send to
And click on Desktop (Create shortcut)

This works the same for Windows XP and For Windows Vista.

Now we are going to change the Windows Explorer start directory.

Right click on the shortcut

Select Properties

The Shortcut should be opened and you should find this in the target field:

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe

Now at the end of that, add /n, /e, c:\startfolder. Do make sure you leave a blank space before the "/n" or it will not work.

You also need to replace the c:\startfolder with the actual directory or drive where you want your Windows Explorer to start.

Example: If you want to your Windows Explorer to start in your download folder on your d: drive you need to enter:

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, d:\downloads

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Now you can test it by double clicking your desktop shortcut.

You can even take it a step further by adding this shortcut to your quick launch.

I hope you all enjoy this quick Office Tip and Trick.

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