Choosing how Explorer opens
Ron White
Expanded. I would like to have it open with C: expanded
instead.
David Candy
None Explorer rooted at the Desktop
/n Opens a new window.
/e Explorer View (default if nothing else is on the command line.)
/root,object Starts Explorer with object the top item (normally Desktop is the top item). Eg: explorer /e,/root,c:\Starts Explorer with the C drive as the only drive available.
/select,subobject Selects the specified subobject.
Replaceable parameters are %1 (one) which is the short file or folder name and %l (L) which is the long file name.
/IDLIST
This is an additional parameter that means a Windows internal structure is being passed. eg:
Explorer.exe /e,/idlist,%I
The %I is a replacable parameter representing an IDLIST.
Rooted Views
To open an explorer item that starts with a special folder as the top folder use the following syntax.
Where the special folder is a sub folder of the desktop
explorer /e,root,::{CLSID of special folder}
Where the special folder is a sub folder of another special folder (usually, if not always My Computer)
explorer /e,root,::{CLSID of parent}/::{CLSID of special folder}
Where the special folder is part of the file system
explorer /e,root,path to folder
See Namespaces on the Icons Page for a list of CLSIDs for special folders.
Examples
Note that /select is inconsistent. Sometime the / is required, sometimes it should be left out, and sometimes it doesn't matter.
Starts explorer with the Windows folder opened and selected.
explorer /e,select,c:\windows
Starts explorer with Windows the top level folder and command opened and selected.
explorer /e,/root,c:\windows,select,c:\windows\command
Starts explorer with Windows the top level folder and Tips.txt showing instead of the file listing.
explorer /e,/root,c:\windows,select,c:\windows\tips.txt
Starts explorer with My Computer the top level folder and all branches except for drives collapsed.
explorer /e,/root,::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}
Starts explorer with C:\ the top level folder.
explorer /e,/root,c:\
Starts the Dial Up Networking folder in folder view.
explorer.exe ::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}\::{992cffa0-f557-101a-88ec-00dd010ccc48}
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Donald McDaniel
1) Right-click on the icon you use to start Explorer
2) Choose "Properties" from the popup menu
3) Click on the "Shortcut" tab
4) At the end of the commandline (next to "Target") add a space then "/e,"
then a space then "/n," then a space then "C:\" (all without quotes). If
the commandline is in quotes, make sure the switches you add are NOT within
the quotes. Also, don't forget the commas after "/e" and "/n"
Or for "4)" above in the line which says "Target", type
"%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, /n, C:\" (without quotes)
5) Click on "Apply", then "Ok"
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C:\WINDOWS\explorer.scf
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