[GreenKeys] Re: OT -- windows xp stuff

[gil smith]

Hi Buzz:

I really don't recall where I found this -- some late-night searching 
somewhere.

Someone also mentioned that explorer comes up when they click on Start.  I 
don't seem to recall seeing it on a virgin Xp system, but then one of the 
first things I do is to set Classic Start menu, and clean up all the start 
stuff in the documents and settings folder.  I hate that folder, by the way 
-- I like to keep all my stuff in one area of the tree (and not that area), 
but microsoft keeps insisting on making backups complicated (frickin' 
registry too).  And even if I delete crap like My Pictures and My Music, 
they keep re-appearing anyway.  Annoying filesystem.  Some thing you have 
to put up with to get some work done.  But, all in all I generally like XP.

Anyway, I don't want to start another debate about computers again -- being 
greenkeys moderator I should know better.

gil

At 11:57 AM 3/2/2005, you wrote:

>Gil,
>BRILLIANT.... You just made my day !  The same thing works in Win2K.
>I've been bugged for years that I've had to change folder modes every
>time I open a drive folder.
>How did you find the "/e" command? I tried "help" in DOS mode but
>couldn't find anything.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Buzz
>
>
>
>On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 10:42:48 -0700, you wrote:
> >But I stumbled on a fix for that.  In explorer, navigate to the desired
> >folder, and make a desktop shortcut (right-click, send to, desktop as
> >shortcut).  Now go to the desktop and right-click on the shortcut and
> >select properties. Under the shortcut tab, there is a location for
>target
> >that will say something like: C:\usr\gil  --  change this to say
> >
> >%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, C:\usr\gil
> >
> >(with your appropriate folder, of course), and click OK.  The desktop
>icon
> >will change, and when you double-click it opens windows explorer in
> >two-pane mode, at the proper folder level.



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