Comments on: Launch Windows Explorer to a Folder You Choose

By: Wayne

Wayne — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:27:56 +0000

/e,c:\ Perfect! Thanks!!!

By: David Stiller

David Stiller — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:55:47 +0000

Interesting. I imagine your boss might just feel as if he’s simply launching the payroll software (rather than payroll via IE). Everyone wins in a scenario like that.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:04:06 +0000

Another tip, in a similar vein, is having short cuts for IE that go to specific websites. I maintain a small office network during my day job and have recently switched everyone over to Firefox as the default browser (boy, has this made my life easier). There are, as well know, certain sites that don’t play well with the Fox. One, for instance, is the site my boss uses to process the company’s payroll.

The trick is to create a shortcut to IE, and follow it with the URL. No quotes, no nothing. Just a full url (as in “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE” http://www.quip.net/blog/).

Simple, yes, but very useful at times.

By: David Stiller

David Stiller — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 05:59:54 +0000

Davel_x,

The thing that makes this work is the /e switch, followed by a specified directory parameter. You could supply these extra details if you launched Windows Explorer from a command prompt or the Start > Run dialog, but not from the key combination you mentioned.

By: Davel_x

Davel_x — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:46:43 +0000

Does it work when you type [windows]+[e] on your keyboard or only on shortcuts ?