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Make Windows Explorer Display My Computer Instead of My Documents
~~Vic Ferri, WinTips and Tricks

By default, when you launch Windows Explorer in Windows Me, 2000 or XP, the "My Documents" folder opens up.  In previous versions of Windows, it would be "My Computer" that Explorer would display by default.  If you prefer the previous method so that My Computer will be displayed when you click Explorer, all you have to do is edit the command line in your explorer shortcut. This shortcut can be one you personally created or the one you see in Start Menu\ Programs\ Accessories or both.

Here's how simple it is:

• Right click the Windows Explorer shortcut you want to use to load Explorer and go to Properties.

• Under the Shortcut tab, in the Target field, add the folllowing switches to the end of the command line:
  
  /n,/e,/root,,
  
  (Note there are 2 commas after root and there is a space before /n)
  
  Example:
  
  Before:
  C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE (yours may say something different, this is just an example)
  
  After:
  C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /n,/e,/root,, (obviously substitute whatever yours says BEFORE if it doesn't say "C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE)

• Save your changes by clicking Ok and you are done.
  Now whenever you launch Explorer with that edited shortcut , My Computer will open instead of My Documents.

Vic Ferri owns the very popular WinTips and Tricks and Registry Answers.  Subscribe to either and receive free Windows and Registry Tips.  He is also in charge of the Printing Tips  pages at Linda's Computer Stop.  Vic has also created a program which allows you to Lock & Hide desktop folders in Windows 9X/ME.  Read more and get the free demo here.  And, he now offers a service to convert PowerPoint presentations to .exe files which can be viewed on computers which do not have PowerPoint installed.