Windows Explorer Taskbar Icon - Change Open To Target

UsernameIssues said:

It would help me to help you if you posted the line that you are using for the shortcut target.

If I click on Start > Run and paste this in
%windir%\explorer.exeI do not see a new instance of explorer within task manager. I can repeat that several times and have several explorer windows open, but still only one instance of explorer showing within task manager.
If I use the /n switch, I see the a new explorer window open and a new instance of explorer within task manager.
%windir%\explorer.exe /n

If you happen to be working with an application that is causing explorer to crash (thus taking down your desktop and taskbar), it is nice to open a new instance of explorer and then open the problematic app via that new instance. That way, when the app crashes, it does not take out the desktop/taskbar.

These are what I used:

Code:

%windir%\explorer.exe /n,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Code:

%windir%\explorer.exe ,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

In both the cases, I see new explorer.exe's opening up in task manager and navigation pane is shown in both cases.

roboticarm,
I see the same thing: a new explorer.exe within task manager for each window. I would not have expected that.

Brink,
/n - Opens a new window in a new process in a single-paned (My Computer) view
I still see two panes. The nav pane on the left and the other pane on the right.

And the example does not work for me either:

Code:

%windir%\explorer.exe /N,%WinDir%\System32,/Select,%WinDir%\system32\calc.exe

It highlights the system32 folder in the right pane. Does it highlight the calc exe for you?

Brink said:

Try this below with "Expand to current folder" checked.

Code:

%windir%\explorer.exe /N,/Select,%WinDir%\system32\calc.exe

Yep - that works. Thanks for fixing the tut.

Too bad about not being able to open explorer with a single pane view. Some folders we want to see without the nav pane; but for most folders, we need that nav pane. So we manually toggle that option many times each day. We could do this in XP... but such is life.

Is there any switch that allows to move one folder back in Explorer?

roboticarm said:

Is there any switch that allows to move one folder back in Explorer?

I do not understand what you are asking about. Explorer opens to a certain folder. We will call this explorer window #1. Are you asking for a shortcut to explorer.exe (with a switch) that causes explorer window #1 to move one folder back?

Yes exactly. But never mind, I was just being silly lol

I can do what I described... just not using a shortcut to explorer. You can open a new thread if you want to automate some actions within an existing explorer window. However, if you moved forward one folder level, then you can move back one folder level via the backspace key.

Actually I was thinking of this:

Setting the target to the default "%windir%\explorer.exe" which does not create new processes and open up libraries and then using some special switch, make it go to "Computer" folder automatically thus preventing new explorer.exe's.