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Why limit yourself to one Explorer?
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The default Explorer icon opens C:\, listing everything on that drive. That's all well and good, but what if you want to look at drive D or E or your CD-ROM drive? No need to browse through the default view--just create another Explorer shortcut. Find EXPLORER.EXE in your \Windows folder and right-click and drag another shortcut onto your desktop or Start button, wherever you like. Make sure to select Create Shortcut(s) Here when you drop it. Now right-click the new Explorer and choose Properties. Click the Shortcut tab and look for the Target line. Here's where you can specify which folder this new Explorer shortcut opens. The default Explorer uses something like this:

C:\WIN95\EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e, C:\

This command line is set to open Explorer with a view of C:\. Change the C:\ to anything, even a whole path, such as C:\Program Files\Microsoft Exchange.

Now, let's see what the /n and /e switches do.You can use the command-line switches for Windows Explorer in shortcut links or batch files, for example, to run Windows Explorer with a specified file selected. See below.

Explorer Settings:

Syntax:

explorer [/n] [/e][,/root,object][[,/select],subobject]

Parameters:

/n: Always open a new window (even if the specified folder is already open).

/e: Use Windows Explorer view. The default is Open view.

/root,object: Specify the object in the normal namespace that will be used as the root of this Windows Explorer Folder. The default is to just use the normal namespace root (the Desktop).

subobject: Specify the folder to receive the initial focus unless /select is used. The default is the root.

/select: Specifies that the parent folder is opened and the specified object is selected.

Explorer Examples:

To open a window rooted at \\myserver so you can easily browse the whole server, but nothing else:

explorer /e,/root,\\myserver

To open a folder window on C:\WINDOWS (or make an open window active) and select CALC.EXE, use:

explorer /select,c:\windows\calc.exe

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