Windows Explorer taskbar shortcut problems

Vortechs said:

... I looked back though Firefox History and found the original thread I followed, I tried it again but it does not work, also trying to change it to Documents doesn't work either:

Trick to Open Computer or Documents as Default Instead of Libraries Folder with Windows Explorer on Windows 7 « My Digital Life

Just stumbled upon this thread. Gave that 'Trick ...' thing a go and works for me. Thnx for that link!

Brink said:

As a test, you could see if using the tutorial below will restore the "Pin to taskbar" and "Pin to Start Menu" items in the context menu. Afterwards, see if the shortcut will work properly and if you are able to pin it again. :)

Pin to Taskbar and Pin to Start Menu Missing from Context Menu Fix

I have "Pin to taskbar" option available on every other icon on the desktop but not if I create a Computer shortcut or use the downloaded one mentioned earlier.

I followed the thread to replace missing pin to in context menu above, but it made no difference. I also removed all icons pinned to the taskbar and also followed the thread to re-enable "Pin to taskbar", also made no difference.

Interestingly I can edit the Windows Explorer tasbar icon to open to:
%UserProfile%\Downloads

Editing it to Libraries gets the error: "The name specified in the target box is not valid"
%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\Documents.library-ms

Editing it to any of the others below just makes it stop working:

%windir%\explorer.exe /n,::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
%windir%\explorer.exe /n,::{1F4DE370-D627-11D1-BA4F-00A0C91EEDBA}
%windir%\explorer.exe /n,::{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}
%windir%\explorer.exe /n,::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

i dont know what "Evironment Variables" are so no idea if I have made any changes to them. I can change it in the existing Administrator account so I guess it's an issue with my profile?

OK, I'll give that a go and let you know how I get on.
Thanks

Brink said:

Hello MourningStar,

See also: :)

Windows Explorer Taskbar Icon - Change Open To Target

Thnx Shawn! Your link has opened additional scenarios for me. Cheers!

I recently encountered the same issue as described by the OP; I had recently changed the letter of the drive that had my %Documents%, %Pictures%, %Music%, %Videos% folders on it. I found that I could no longer open Explorer with a shortcut that included shell commands. I solved this problem by 'relocating' these folders:

Change Location of My Documents

Hope this helps.