Walter, just about anything about computers will fit right in here. So, niether question is OT. No worries. :D I put an icon in my Quick Launch bar for fast access. HTH

Oh, I forgot to tell ya. I, personally, don't know if you can set a default folder that Windows Explorer will open to.

Blutone,

Good, I'm glad I can ask any PC questions and that electric shocks will not be transmitted to my keyboard!

#1) Problem solved. Thanks.

#2) Let me rephrase. The question is not "how do I open Windows (not Internet) Explorer? The question is: "how do I keep Windows Explorer from defaulting to opening c:/documents and settings/ start menu/programs every time I open it? I just want the normal, historic view of the first hierarchy folders, not a view of two levels down I didn't request. Hopefully I asked that in a clearer fashion!

Thanks again.

Like Bluetone said, if you open explorer by right clicking the start button and selecting "explore" it's going to open with the tree expanded to the ...start menuprograms folder. No other way that I know of gets you that view.

Someone around here may know a registry hack to get you the default view you want.

Another way is to go to StartAll ProgramsAccessoriesWindows Explorer.

Try that. It will get you to the first tier of folders with the exception that My Documents is expanded. If you click on My Computer from here, it will automatically collapse My Documents and expand My Computer. You should be able to quickly find what you're looking for now. As I said, this is a lot quicker than back-tracking from the Start Menu. Also, to speed things up, instead of clicking StartAll ProgramsAccessoriesWindows Explorer each time, I created a shortcut in my Quick Launch menu. 2 clicks and in looking at My Computer. Sure beats getting carpal tunnel everytime you want to browse your box. :D

Good, I'm glad I can ask any PC questions and that electric shocks will not be transmitted to my keyboard!

Thaaaat's.....not entirely true. Sometimes the guy, with his finger on the button, gets a li'l hap-happy. lol :s:

BZZZTT!!!
AAHHHOOUCH....sEe WhaT i mEaN?

Someone around here may know a registry hack to get you the default view you want.

I almost missed that. I just wanna remind you that backing up your registry "before" you make any changes is always a good idea. ;) I would also advise, if you're not completely comfortable delving into your registry, stay outta there. IMHO.

Walter,

> how do I keep Windows Explorer from defaulting to opening ... <

Make a shortcut to explorer.exe using the command line options shown here:

%SystemRoot%explorer.exe /n,/e,c:

The last item is the path to display initially. In this case it's the root of drive C: but it could be anything else.

This tip, and many more like it, are in Part 3 of my recent series in Keyboard magazine. The whole series is now listed on my Articles page:

http://www.ethanwiner.com/articles.html

--Ethan

Thanks guys.

Wow - a forum where everyone's helpful AND in a good mood?

What a concept!

You can tell I'm shellshocked from too many forays to the Cubase SX forum. Being in here is like being liberated from the oppressors!

You can tell I'm shellshocked from too many forays to the Cubase SX forum. Being in here is like being liberated from the oppressors!

LMAO, man.

Hey, reading some of Ethan's other posts, he's got a pretty good grip on things. What I don't know about command line is a lot, lol. I'm gonna try his way. But....

Ethan, if I don't like what I get, how can I undo it? lol...but seriously. :D