I am trying to do something quite specific with an instance of Explorer running under Windows Vista (32).
As most people already know, by editing the target properties of the shortcut to Explorer.exe you can force it to open in a specific folder, such as your C: Drive
For Example:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, /root, C:
In my case however, I want to have Explorer open on what Vista calls ‘Computer’ (basically MyComputer from WinXP) such that it will open displaying all my physical and removable drives which is where I typically navigate from.
I find all of Vista’s pretty public and private folders superfluous for my needs but I also find opening Explorer at a specific drive to be too narrow. I do not wish to create multiple shortcuts instances for each of my drive as that too would be superfluous.
Does anyone know the answer to this? Is it even possible with switches available to force Explorer to open in the drive volumes view?
Sadly something like
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /select Computer
or
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /root Computer
doesn’t work.
Any tips appreciated.
