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02-04-2007
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| | Prevent Expanding "User" Folder When Opening Windows Explorer When I open Windows Explorer it always opens the entire "User" folder structure - which is very long. Is there a way to prevent this? |
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02-04-2007
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| | Re: Prevent Expanding "User" Folder When Opening Windows Explorer You could change the properties of it's shortcut to this, for example: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c: -- Maxwell Bluemeanie ------ "Wayne" <wayneNoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:CEB7D540-5463-495E-BD66-A4E93C73481C@microsoft.com... > When I open Windows Explorer it always opens the entire "User" folder > structure - which is very long. Is there a way to prevent this? |
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02-04-2007
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| | Re: Prevent Expanding "User" Folder When Opening Windows Explorer Thanks, that works for a shortcut but is there a way to do that for thhe Explore option that appears whenyou right click on the logo (aka "Start") button? Wayne "Max" <max@home.com> wrote in message news:OMsdUGGSHHA.5100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > You could change the properties of it's shortcut to this, for example: > %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c: > > -- > Maxwell Bluemeanie > ------ > > "Wayne" <wayneNoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:CEB7D540-5463-495E-BD66-A4E93C73481C@microsoft.com... >> When I open Windows Explorer it always opens the entire "User" folder >> structure - which is very long. Is there a way to prevent this? > |
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02-04-2007
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| | Re: Prevent Expanding "User" Folder When Opening Windows Explorer That feature is specific to 'explore' the Start Menu folder, and thus opens to it. It was not meant necessarily as a means to open Windows Explorer generically. So the simple answer is 'no'. -- Maxwell Bluemeanie ------ "Wayne" <wayneNoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:B490B19D-C1F6-499B-BF3A-A3D188341E09@microsoft.com... > Thanks, that works for a shortcut but is there a way to do that for thhe > Explore option that appears whenyou right click on the logo (aka "Start") > button? > > Wayne > > "Max" <max@home.com> wrote in message > news:OMsdUGGSHHA.5100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> You could change the properties of it's shortcut to this, for example: >> %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c: >> >> -- >> Maxwell Bluemeanie >> ------ >> >> "Wayne" <wayneNoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:CEB7D540-5463-495E-BD66-A4E93C73481C@microsoft.com... >>> When I open Windows Explorer it always opens the entire "User" folder >>> structure - which is very long. Is there a way to prevent this? >> > |
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