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Windows Forum / Windows XP / New Users / May 2008Desktop icon that opens My Computer folders view?
Is it possible to have an icon on the desktop which, when clicked, will show My Computer with the Folders view already opened? Or an icon that will show just the Folders view tree? > Is it possible to have an icon on the desktop which, when clicked, will show > My Computer with the Folders view already opened? Or an icon that will show > just the Folders view tree? I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're looking for but you can try the following. Right click an open spot on your desktop and select New -> Shortcut from the menu. Copy and paste the following into the location box. Note: Include the trailing comma. %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, Hit the Next button. Name your new shortcut something like Explore My Computer. Click the Finish button. Take a look here for more info. How To Customize the Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307856&sd=tech Good luck Nepatsfan >> Is it possible to have an icon on the desktop which, when clicked, will >> show My Computer with the Folders view already opened? Or an icon that [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Nepatsfan Thank you for replying. I am sorry that my original question was not very clear. I have put a 'My Computer' icon on the desktop, (from Start, My Computer, right click, select 'Show on desktop'). When this icon is clicked, a 'My Computer' window opens with a Folders button on the standard toolbar. Clicking on this Folders button produces a left-hand pane displaying an hierarchical view of 'My Computer'. I used to have an icon on my desktop which, when clicked, would open up 'My Computer' with the folders left-hand hierarchical view already open. I have lost this latter icon, and want to re-create it. Regards Dee. >>> Is it possible to have an icon on the desktop which, when clicked, will show >>> My Computer with the Folders view already opened? Or an icon that will show [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Dee. Did you try the instructions I provided in my earlier response about creating a shortcut to open Windows Explorer with My Computer expanded? Here they are again. Right click an open spot on your desktop and select New -> Shortcut from the menu. Copy and paste the following into the location box. Note: Include the trailing comma. %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, Hit the Next button. Name your new shortcut something like Explore My Computer. Click the Finish button. If that doesn't work, try creating a shortcut with this command as the target. %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Nepatsfan >>>> Is it possible to have an icon on the desktop which, when clicked, will >>>> show My Computer with the Folders view already opened? Or an icon that [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > Snip< > Nepatsfan I have got a very apologetic look on my face at the moment. I have now tried your first suggested solution, and it produced the required result. Initially I went to the Microsoft site to which you gave a reference. I saw “/e, <object> starts Windows Explorer using its default view with the focus on the specified folder”. I then got involved in trying to work out what to use for <object>. But your first suggestion did what was wanted, as I have now found out. Very many thanks for your replies. Dee. >>>>> Is it possible to have an icon on the desktop which, when clicked, will >>>>> show My Computer with the Folders view already opened? Or an icon that [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > > Dee. You're welcome. Nepatsfan >>>>>> Is it possible to have an icon on the desktop which, when >>>>>> clicked, will show My Computer with the Folders view already [quoted text clipped - 47 lines] > > Nepatsfan Additional - if you want to make the folder tree view the default for any instance of explorer: Tools/Folder Options/File Types/select Folder (not "File Folder") and click the Advanced button - select "explore" and then click the "Set Default" button. To make the folder tree NOT the default, select "open" instead of "explore". No matter which is default, you can always right-click on a folder and then select either "explore" or "open". >>>>>>> Is it possible to have an icon on the desktop which, when >>>>>>> clicked, will show My Computer with the Folders view already [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > No matter which is default, you can always right-click on a folder and > then select either "explore" or "open". Interesting. Thank you for that information. Dee. > I have got a very apologetic look on my face at the moment. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dee. Dee, in addition, after the "e," you can specify which folder you want to view as a default. Here's what my desktop icon looks like: C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe /e, d:\downloads\ Now, when I click on the icon, windows explorer opens with the downloads folder always in full view. You can customize it to whatever folder you want to open for viewing. > Dee, in addition, after the "e," you can specify which folder you want > to view as a default. Here's what my desktop icon looks like: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > downloads folder always in full view. You can customize it to whatever > folder you want to open for viewing. Thank you Elephant for drawing attention to that information. The Microsoft article mentioned by Nepatsfan seems to contain something along similar lines. Dee. |
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