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Old 07-14-2002, 03:42 PM   #1
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Using XP *ungh* and Explorer opens default to "My Documents." I wish to change this. My guess is the registry, but I have not found it, yet. Suggetions?

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Old 07-14-2002, 03:44 PM   #2
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start > run, regedit

You can't display the registry with the Explorer, only with the registry editor (regedit).

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Do you mean IE or windows explorer? If IE make sure the homepage isn't set to FILE://My Documents or whatever...
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Old 07-14-2002, 04:22 PM   #4
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Why hack the registry when you can just change the shortcut. Right click on Properties for Explorer and in the target where it says %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe append:
/n, /e, /select, C:\
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Old 07-15-2002, 04:41 PM   #5
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Ah, great Statica. Did not think about running switches. I always think of the registry first. But, unfortunately, I mainly navigate through keyboard and thus rely on the win+e shortcut. How would I accomodate for that?

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