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Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer View products that this article applies to. Article ID : 130510 Last Review : January 19, 2007 Revision : 1.4 This article was previously published under Q130510 On This Page SUMMARY MORE INFORMATION Syntax Switches Examples SUMMARY This article lists command-line switches you can use when you start Windows Explorer (EXPLORER.EXE). Back to the top MORE INFORMATION Syntax EXPLORER.EXE [/n][/e][,/root,][[,/select],_{] Back to the top Switches /n: Opens a new window in single-paned (My Computer) view for each item selected, even if the new window duplicates a window that is already open. /e: Uses Windows Explorer view. Windows Explorer view is most similar to File Manager in Windows version 3.x. Note that the default view is Open view. /root,: Specifies the root level of the specified view. The default is to use the normal namespace root (the desktop). Whatever is specified is the root for the display. /select,_{: Specifies the folder to receive the initial focus. If "/select" is used, the parent folder is opened and the specified object is selected. Back to the top Examples • To open a Windows Explorer view to explore only objects on \\, use the following syntax: explorer /e,/root,\\ • To view the C:\WINDOWS folder and select CALC.EXE, use the following syntax: explorer /select,c:\windows\calc.exe}}

Command-Line Switches for Windows Explorer View products that this article applies to. Article ID : 130510 Last Review : January 19, 2007 Revision : 1.4 This article was previously published under Q130510 On This Page SUMMARY MORE INFORMATION Syntax Switches Examples SUMMARY This article lists command-line switches you can use when you start Windows Explorer (EXPLORER.EXE). Back to the top MORE INFORMATION Syntax EXPLORER.EXE [/n][/e][,/root,][[,/select],] Back to the top Switches /n: Opens a new window in single-paned (My Computer) view for each item selected, even if the new window duplicates a window that is already open. /e: Uses Windows Explorer view. Windows Explorer view is most similar to File Manager in Windows version 3.x. Note that the default view is Open view. /root,: Specifies the root level of the specified view. The default is to use the normal namespace root (the desktop). Whatever is specified is the root for the display. /select,: Specifies the folder to receive the initial focus. If "/select" is used, the parent folder is opened and the specified object is selected. Back to the top Examples • To open a Windows Explorer view to explore only objects on \\, use the following syntax: explorer /e,/root,\\ • To view the C:\WINDOWS folder and select CALC.EXE, use the following syntax: explorer /select,c:\windows\calc.exe

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