How to set default location when click Windows Explorer?


  1. iamtheone
    Posts : 16
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    How to set default location when click Windows Explorer?


    There is a icon for Windows Explorer next to Start. When I click on it, it brings me to "Libraries", which I do not use and never wish to use.

    It is therefore an annoyance that it is set as default.

    What I want is to pin Computer as a Quickstart icon. However it is subsume into the Windows Explorer icon and there is no way for me to disable Windows Explorer while maintaining Computer. So essentially, pinning Computer to the Quickstart does nothing.

    Do I need to disable the Library feature to make Windows Explorer do what I want? Or what?
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  3. HammerHead
    Posts : 1,965
    win 7 X64 Ultimate SP1
       New #2

    Command Line Switches


    Read this.

    Windows Explorer Taskbar Icon - Change Open To Target

    I was able to direct the shortcut on the taskbar to c:\ by:
    Right click
    select properties
    add this to the targe field ---- /n, /e, C:\

    if you prefer a directory under C:\ you can use select or completer the path
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  4. Night Hawk
    Posts : 8,375
    W7 Ultimate x64/W10 Pro x64/W11 Pro Triple Boot - Main PC W7 Remote PC Micro ATX W7 Pro x64/W11 Pro
       New #3

    The instructions there work. I used the MyComputer value in the WE shortcut target line to end up opening to the list of drives here rather then always opening to the libraries.
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