Re: Problems encountered in getting Windows Explorer to open to my hard drive instead of My Documents

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From: Lynn W (lynn.williamson_at_btFOREVERREDinternet.com)
Date: 03/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:16:43 -0000

I don't know if this is any help to you, but what I just did was from the
Start Menu - My Computer I then right clicked on Local Disc (c) create
shortcut it then asked if I wanted it on Desktop when I said yes it then
gave me shortcut which then opened up my hard drive instead of My Documents.
HTH 

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Lynn
"RL" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM..net> wrote in message
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> I am running Windows XP Home Edition.
>
> Through a concatenation of events too convoluted to describe (but
> which involved the installation and uninstalling of some new
> programs), the shortcut to Windows Explorer on my Start menu (under
> All Programs) no longer functions properly.  It has as its target
> C:\Windows\explorer.scf, and when I click on it, I get an error
> message window with the title "C:\Windows\explorer.scf", and the
> message "There was a problem sending the command to the program."
>
> This shortcut, when it functioned properly, opened Windows Explorer to
> my hard drive.
>
> I can still open Windows Explorer successfully with another shortcut
> located under Accessories in my Start menu.  This shortcut has the
> target %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe, and works fine except that it opens
> Windows Explorer to My Documents, rather than to my hard drive, which
> I find annoying.
>
> One way that I can still open Windows Explorer to my hard drive is to
> go into the Windows folder and click on the file called "explorer"
> (NOT "explorer.exe", just "explorer").  The file explorer is
> described, under its properties, as a "Windows Explorer Command", and
> I believe (based on some preliminary research I have done) that it is
> actually explorer.scf.
>
> What I don't understand is why the shortcut on my start menu (which,
> as noted, has as its target C:\Windows\explorer.scf), now has a
> problem triggering the explorer file in the Windows folder.
>
> I have even tried creating a new shortcut by right-clicking on the
> explorer file described above (reallly explorer.scf, I think),
> clicking on "Create shortcut", and then moving this new shortcut to my
> start menu.  However, clicking on the new shortcut (which I see also
> has the target C:\Windows\explorer.scf) results in the same error
> message as described above.
>
> One way that I CAN get an item on my Start menu that does what I want
> is to right-click on the explorer file mentioned above and drag it to
> the front of my Start menu.  This leaves the original file in the
> Windows folder, and creates an entry on my Start menu that seems to
> function as a shortcut but that is not designated as a shortcut under
> its Properties.  Rather, it is described as a Windows Explorer
> Command, located in C:WINDOWS.  In other words, even though it is an
> entry on my Start menu, it appears to be the original explorer file,
> located in the Windows folder.  Perhaps this is the answer to my
> problem, but it is not quite what I had before, since it is not
> described as a shortcut to explorer.scf.
>
> Any comments or suggestions concerning the foregoing would be most
> appreciated.
>
> Robert Lawrence

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