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

From: dglock (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/21/04 

Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 14:03:30 -0800

i don't quite understand this, the "my documents" folder
is on the hard drive!
if it wasn't you wouldn't be seeing it!
don

>-----Original Message-----
>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
>
>--
>Lynn
>"RL" <NOSPAM@NOSPAM..net> wrote in message
>news:tjpr505j7mlmg07nedcfrs83nlgkg11qlr@4ax.com...
>> 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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