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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #110

    Thanks! :)
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  2. Posts : 72,036
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       #111

    You're welcome Stonebear. :)
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    Windows 7 32 bit
       #112

    How about when I use the Windows+E key please?


    Is there a way to replicate these actions when using the Windows+E key rather than the taskbar icon please? I can;t find where the exploere.exe is invoked from. Thanks.
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  4. Posts : 72,036
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       #113

    Hello David, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    I'm not sure if there's a way to change what Windows+E opens to, but you could use the tutorial below to create your own keyboard shortcut for say a pinned Windows Explorer set to open to how you like instead.

    Keyboard Shortcut - Vista Forums

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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    Windows 7 Professional x64 | Windows ME | Windows 8 Dev Preview
       #114

    nice. very. nice. indeed.
    thank you once again, brink, for this insight. :)
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       #115

    You're most welcome AJ. :)
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  7. Posts : 10,485
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       #116

    This one opens Explorer as a new process:

    Code:
    %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /N,::{ceff45ee-c862-41de-aee2-a022c81eda92}
    It might come in handy if you are working with an app that sometimes crashes Explorer. You'll only crash this new instance of Explorer and not take down the whole desktop.

    It also seems to help some people speedup certain file operations:
    Copying and deleting speeds slow
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  8. Posts : 72,036
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       #117

    Yep, actually most of the options in the tutorial already do this. Thank you for reminding me. :)

    It's the part in black below that opens explorer in a new process. the optional part in red with the GUID/CLSID number specifies what explorer opens to.

    %windir%\explorer.exe /n,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
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  9. Posts : 10,485
    W7 Pro SP1 64bit
       #118

    I thought that the stuff after "::" was a location but my searches did not turn up one with this {ceff45ee-c862-41de-aee2-a022c81eda92} - so I jumped to the conclusion that it did the new process thing - as opposed to something as logical as /N

    'Twas mislead by this:

    Windows Explorer Taskbar Icon - Change Open To Target-233311d1348468721-copying-deleting-speeds-slow-open-new.jpg

    Oh well...
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  10. Posts : 72,036
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       #119

    No worries mate. I know how you feel. It's not hard to get turned around at all with this.

    By default, if the GUID/CLSID is an invalid location, it just opens to "My Documents".
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