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- May 25, 2009
- Location
- Ada Michigan
Hi
I ran across this tweak, and I liked it.
I'm told that you should not do this in 64 bit Vista?
It always annoyed me that Windows Explorer always opens to the Libraries folder with all the folders expanded, it just makes it look too busy.
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I never ever put anything in the folders there, except a few things I let default to the My Documents folder.
I have a specific folder for everything mostly on my D:\ drive.
This lets you set your Windows Explorer open to a different default location.
I set mine to open to My Computer so that nothing is expanded and I can just click on the clearly visible D:\ drive and get to me files.
If I knew the address I would set it to open with D:\ expanded, but I haven't researched that yet.
Here's the link...
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17415/set-the-windows-explorer-startup-folder-in-windows-7/
As I said at the top I have read that changing this can cause problems in Widnows Vista 64 bit, I can't imagine why, it only a shortcut, but it works fine in Windows 7.
Note that you are only changing the settings for that specific shortcut. If you have other shortcuts they will still point to the old setting.
If you have an icon for Windows Explorer on your task-bar (for which you can't access properties) you will have to replace it with a copy of the one that you changed.
Mike
I ran across this tweak, and I liked it.
I'm told that you should not do this in 64 bit Vista?
It always annoyed me that Windows Explorer always opens to the Libraries folder with all the folders expanded, it just makes it look too busy.
.
I never ever put anything in the folders there, except a few things I let default to the My Documents folder.
I have a specific folder for everything mostly on my D:\ drive.
This lets you set your Windows Explorer open to a different default location.
I set mine to open to My Computer so that nothing is expanded and I can just click on the clearly visible D:\ drive and get to me files.
If I knew the address I would set it to open with D:\ expanded, but I haven't researched that yet.
Here's the link...
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17415/set-the-windows-explorer-startup-folder-in-windows-7/
As I said at the top I have read that changing this can cause problems in Widnows Vista 64 bit, I can't imagine why, it only a shortcut, but it works fine in Windows 7.
Note that you are only changing the settings for that specific shortcut. If you have other shortcuts they will still point to the old setting.
If you have an icon for Windows Explorer on your task-bar (for which you can't access properties) you will have to replace it with a copy of the one that you changed.
Mike