Windows 7: Windows Explorer customization

gogreen · 12 Jul 2011

From the desktop icon, I would like Windows Explorer always to open to a certain directory. How do I customize Explorer to do that? Thanks.

Brink · 12 Jul 2011

Hello Arthur,

You could use the same process in the tutorial below to change it to open to where you like. However, you could also just create a new shortcut for that location as well.

Windows Explorer Taskbar Icon - Change Open To Target

Hope this helps,
Shawn

gogreen · 12 Jul 2011

Thank you, Shawn.

Worked perfectly. I wanted it to go to my computer, so I used:
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder

Brink · 12 Jul 2011

You're most welcome.

MilesAhead · 12 Jul 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Brink

Hello Arthur,

You could use the same process in the tutorial below to change it to open to where you like. However, you could also just create a new shortcut for that location as well.

Windows Explorer Taskbar Icon - Change Open To Target

Hope this helps,
Shawn

That's a nice tip. I was typing %AppData% in the search box to get the Roaming folder. I just changed it to shell:AppData. Now Roaming comes up with one click.

Windows 7: Windows Explorer customization

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