Hi Bob, Open the properties of the shortcut to Explorer and change it to this: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, c: You can also change the "c:" to any other drive letter. That Guy In Africa... My Treetop: http://www.gds.co.za/northcom/ ******************************************** ICQ# 39461303 ~ Greetings from Sunny South Africa ~ ******************************************** -----Original Message----- From: pcductape-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pcductape-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bob Noble Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:34 AM To: pcductape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [pcductape] folder view in xp How would I set the windows explorer window to open with the c: drive showing and expanded. Bob Noble www.sonic.net/bnoble To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pcductape-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface. To view the message archives simply go to: http://www.freelists.org/archives/pcductape/ Take a look at our homepage at http://sanneumann.home.comcast.net/ To unsubscribe from this list send an email to pcductape-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface. To view the message archives simply go to: http://www.freelists.org/archives/pcductape/ Take a look at our homepage at http://pc-ductape.home.comcast.net/