MilesAhead wrote:
Quote:
> I just found a little tutorial that shows how to open shell special
> folders from
> a command prompt. As in C:\>start shell:Personal
> to open the Documents folder. All well and good but naturally there's
> no example
> to demonstrate doing the same with a shell folder that has spaces in
> the name.
>
> Example: C:\>start shell:Quick Launch gets an error "cannot find
> shell:Quick"
> I tried double quotes, single quotes in as many combinations I could
> could contrive
> but no joy.
>
> Anyone have the easter egg that works?
>
> (btw I notice nobody is taking credit for the great innovation of
> spaces in file paths.)
>
> edit: btw I have search indexing disabled to it's no good to use the
> search in the start button. I need to use a command prompt
Try: start "junk" "shell:my music"
List of valid shell folder names is in registry;
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
The "quick launch" is not among them, so it won't work anyway.
Regards,
--PA