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by jasonbis 1 view

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I want to be able to customize the default view for Windows Explorer. Every time I open it the C: drive is expanded and I have to scroll. I would like it to just show all my drives in collapsed view. Now I know about right-click Windows Explorer in the start menu and adding switches and options in there. That works fine and I get the view I want but the problem is that setting doesn't apply when I right-click on the start button and click on explore. It expands the C drive again. How do I manuipulate the explorer from right-clicking the start menu?

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by lowlands

Right clicking the start button and then clicking explore does exactly that. You open the Start Menu in your profile. I don't think you can manipulate it to open anything else.

by pierrejamme

I am using a Intellimouse Explorer USB optical mouse. It has a thumb button. When I click on it All my drives open up alphabetically with a plus sign in front of each. I agree when you open explorer from the program menu My documents opens expanded, what a pain.
You can also double click on "My Computer" and get the same effect.

by niklasbahne

Why don't you put a shortcut of explorer in your quick launch, it is even faster than rightclicking start and then explore (I use %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,)

by xt john

Thanks for the tip, nik! I took it one step further and edited my registry to contain that setting. Search the registry for the %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe value, and edit it to look like yours.

by davfchap

Windows Explorer CMD-line syntax inception in 9x continued thru XP. Vista seems to have changed somewhat its parms necessary to implement switches. Earlier versions used the following syntax: {below you will find the (still undocumented) syntax for Vista}

/n = open "My Computer" (collapsed)

/e[, or

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