Everytime I right click on the start button to open up an explorer window, it opens to the same folder every time and it drives me nuts.
C:\Documents and Settings\troth\Start Menu
Does anyone know how to change this?
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Explorer.exe /e,[path]
Flying Fox wrote:Well, they have pretty good usability studies that show "ordinary" users are confused by the tree display of the folder hierarchy (and searching through trees in general -- anybody can find something in a list, but finding something in a tree requires a certain sophistication). Users who are better than ordinary can generally figure out one of the many shortcut options as described above. It's also worth noting that you can turn any folder window (such as My Computer or Documents) into an explorer window just by turning on View->Explorer Bar->Folders. There's no keyboard shortcut for that, but you can add it as a toolbar button (right-click on the toolbar and choose "Customize"). This is also handy when you have an explorer window and you want to quickly get to one of the "other places" that are offered as shortcuts in the regular folder view.Apparently right-clicking on the Start Menu is faster than Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Windows Explorer. In Windows 95 it was under All Programs. Some genius had the idea of moving it even deeper under the menus.
UberGerbil wrote:But going Explore on the Start button brings you the Explorer with another tree, which is under the even worse location of "%Documents and Settings%\[username]\Start Menu".Flying Fox wrote:Well, they have pretty good usability studies that show "ordinary" users are confused by the tree display of the folder hierarchy (and searching through trees in general -- anybody can find something in a list, but finding something in a tree requires a certain sophistication).Apparently right-clicking on the Start Menu is faster than Start -> All Programs -> Accessories -> Windows Explorer. In Windows 95 it was under All Programs. Some genius had the idea of moving it even deeper under the menus.
I seriously think someone has dropped the ball there somewhere. Even old dudes/dudettes they use mostly in their usability studies would not have found that.
