When I reveal Windows Explorer, then the dialog box that appears displays all the folders on the C: drive. Meanwhile, many of my files are stored on the D: drive, so every time I want to see the folders located there, I have to do a series of operations. How can I make Explorer display the contents of the D: drive by default?

Ramon Gonzalez, pc. Ohio

By setting up Explorer so that when you call it, the content will open the desired disk, you can really save a few seconds of working time and a dozen mouse clicks every day. However, is it worth bothering with one single shortcut when you can easily create separate ones that will open in Explorer all those files and folders that you access most often.

First, organize these shortcuts into submenus as part of the Main Menu of your version of Windows. To do this, right-click on the Start button and select the Open option. Then specify the options “File? New? Folder”, and when the new folder icon appears in the window, enter a name for it and click. For example, I named my shortcut menu Xplorers so that I can bring it up on the screen whenever I press the keyboard shortcut + +X.

You can add shortcuts to this folder by right-clicking and dragging other folders into it and selecting the "Create Shortcut(s)" option after you release the button. However, in Windows 2000/Me and XP, this creates a cascading menu that lists the contents of the folder, rather than a shortcut that opens it. To create a shortcut that will launch an Explorer window in any version of Windows, open a new (Xplorer) folder, right-click on an empty field in it and select the “New? Shortcut” option.

If you simply enter the path to the desired folder (for example, e:doc) into the text box that appears after this, the created shortcut will simply open this folder. To organize a double-leaf Explorer window, you must also enter the explorer.exe command, a space, and one of those listed in the table before the path description. 1 command line switches. Separate the latter from the path description with a comma and make sure that the path description is at the end of the command line. Now click on the “Next” button, enter a name for the created shortcut and click “Finish”.

Repeat these steps for each window in which you would like to open Explorer. If you need to make changes in the future or if you want to redo any of the created shortcuts, right-click on it, select “Properties”, and then the “Shortcut” tab. Among other things, you can edit the command line in the “Object” column, use the “Change Icon” button to give the shortcut a new look, or add some combination to quickly bring up the desired window in Explorer. Now you can easily access any folder by selecting the desired one in the submenu of the Main Menu.

Shortcuts and Switches

Shortcut to command line explorer. exe /e,d:work will open a double window in Explorer with the Work folder on drive D: listed in the left pane. To open the same folder on the left, but with the My Picture.jpg file selected on the right, use the /select switch: explorer.exe /e,/select, d:workMy Picture.jpg. In Windows 98, the /select switch can only be used with folder names (not with file names). Also, in Windows 98, the folder path will be selected on the right panel only after you press the key to move to the right panel.

To create a shortcut that opens a folder window without a tree diagram shutter, enter explorer.exe d:work (without the /e switch) or simply d:work at the command prompt. The first time you launch the shortcut, this command line will open the Work folder in a new Explorer window, and the next time it will take you to this folder in an already open window Conductor. To open the same folder in a new window each time, use the /n switch: explorer.exe /n, d:work (does not work in Windows 98). If you select the /e switch, then the /n switch is no longer needed, since a new window will open when the shortcut is launched anyway.

The /root switch is useful when working with network drives. To avoid cluttering your tree view with dozens of shared network folders, enter a command line like explorer.exe /e,/ root,serverwork (the path may be different in your case). IN in this example network folder Work, located on a server named Server, will appear at the top of the tree as if no other disks existed.

Sometimes these switches behave in mysterious ways that leave you wondering. Quirks like these can be useful for making shortcuts for the Worker Windows desktop. In Windows 9x, the /root switch is used for this without specifying a folder: explorer.exe /e, root, (attention: do not forget about the comma at the end of the command line). In Windows 2000/Me and XP, you must also add the select switch and the folder path: explorer.exe /e,/select,/root,c:.

Oddly enough, the path c: in this command line can be replaced with the path to any folder, and the shortcut will still display the Desktop with all its positions - “My Computer”, “Trash”, etc. So that the “Desktop” folder table" was displayed in Explorer without a tree diagram shutter, remove the /e switch from the command line.

In order for Explorer to open in the “My Computer” or “My Documents” folders, sometimes special code sequences may be required. However, you can probably find workarounds (various depending on the version of Windows) that will allow you to lessen the key pounding in such cases. Suitable for this command lines are given in table. 2. As before, if you don't want to open the Explorer double window, omit the /e switch in these sequences.

Scott Dunn. Open Explorer to the Folders You Use Most. PC World, April 2002, p. 146.

Explorer is a program present by default in all Windows versions, which allows the user to work with all files in memory hard drive: move, copy, group, delete, sort and rename them. Explorer can be configured, replaced, restarted, and its interface and operating parameters can be changed. But over time, problems may begin with it: the explorer will stop starting, begin to slow down, or reboot on its own. Read on to learn how to open it and troubleshoot problems.

How to open File Explorer in Windows 7

In Windows 7, there are several ways to get started with File Explorer.

From desktop

By default, the “Computer” shortcut is located on the desktop; double-clicking on it with the left mouse button will take you to Explorer. This shortcut may be missing if you manually removed it.

Open the “Computer” shortcut through the “Start” menu or from the desktop

Using a keyboard shortcut

Most quick way- simultaneously press the Win + E keys on the keyboard. When pressed together, these hotkeys will bring up Explorer.

Press Win + E to open File Explorer

Via the Start menu

Via quick launch program

Through command execution

Restoring the application

After some time, the explorer may begin to freeze, slow down, restart on its own, or stop starting altogether. The program itself may stop working, that is, you will not be able to view folders and files, but there are also stronger consequences: Windows will stop starting, the startup process will freeze when an empty desktop appears with only a background image. This is due to the fact that the operating system constantly accesses the system files that are stored in the explorer, and if it does not work, then the system has nowhere to access and it freezes.

Explorer stopped working due to an error

But you can fix most File Explorer errors yourself using the instructions below. First, we will look at the most common errors, the reasons for their occurrence and ways to eliminate these problems, and then we will dwell in detail on more serious and rare errors.

Virus check

Your computer may be infected with viruses that are jamming Explorer functions. Scan your system for viruses and, if found, remove them. If there were no viruses, proceed to the next point.

Checking your computer for viruses

Checking drivers

A video card is required for Explorer to work, since it is responsible for displaying everything that happens on the computer. Perhaps the video card drivers installed on your computer are outdated or broken, so you should update them manually.

1. Open the computer properties by right-clicking on the icon that opens Explorer and selecting “Properties” in the context menu that opens.
   Open computer properties
2. Go to the "Device Manager" section.
   Go to Device Manager
3. Find the “Video adapters” block in the general list of connected devices and expand it. Expand the “Video adapters” block
4. Open the properties of your video card.
   Open the properties of the video card
5. In the window that opens, go to the “Details” tab.
   Go to the “Details” tab
6. Select Hardware ID details. Select the type of information “Equipment ID”
7. A list of ID numbers belonging to the video card will open. Go to the official website of the company that created your video card, and, based on the ID numbers you received, download necessary drivers. Please note that it is recommended to download drivers only from the official website. If the site asks you to install a program that updates drivers in automatic mode, then agree to this proposal. But such a program is not offered by all companies, so let’s return to our universal method. Looking for drivers by video card ID
8. While in the video card properties, go to the “Driver” tab. Go to the “Driver” tab
9. Click on the “Update” button. Click the “Update” button
10. In the update method, select "Search this computer." Specify the path to the previously downloaded driver and wait until it is installed, and after the process is completed, restart the computer and check if the explorer is working. If not, then move on to the next point.
    Select the method “Search this computer”

Automatic recovery

Windows has a built-in function that allows you to automatically scan all system files and restore them if necessary. You can launch this function using the following steps:

Checking computer load

It may be that the processor, video card or HDD your computer is overloaded, because of this the explorer may slow down and not start, since there are not enough computer resources for it.

Finding damaged files

Files on your hard drive may be damaged. When Explorer comes across a damaged file, it tries to read it, but cannot do so. Because of this, the conductor stalls and cannot continue working. This may be the cause of your problems, so it's worth making Explorer skip these files:

1. Open File Explorer.
   We launch the explorer in one of the ways
2. Expand the Arrange menu.
   Expand the “Arrange” section
3. Go to Folder and Search Options.
   Go to “Folder and Search Options”
4. In the window that opens, select the “View” tab. Expand the “View” tab
5. Disable the "Show file icons in thumbnails" feature. Disable the “Show file icons in thumbnails” feature
6. Activate the "Always show icons, not thumbnails" feature. Enable the “Always show icons, not thumbnails” feature
7. Click successively on the “Apply” and “OK” buttons.
   Click the “Apply” and “OK” buttons

Resolving Conflicts

File Explorer may conflict with third-party programs installed on your computer. To see if this is the problem, boot your computer into safe mode: start rebooting and when the power-on moment begins, press the F8 key on your keyboard and select safe mode in loading methods. In safe mode, the minimum number of programs required for system operation is enabled. If under these conditions the conductor works normally, then the problem is third party applications or processes. The only way, to find out which element is the problem - disable everything one by one and use the selection method to check which application is interfering with the conductor.

Selecting safe mode

Disable conflicting add-ons

Some third-party programs embed their add-ons into File Explorer. If an error or conflict appears in these add-ons, the explorer may begin to freeze or stop turning on. Most easy way view and disable all these add-ons - use the ShellExView program.

Click the “Download” button

After launching the program, sort all extensions in it by the “Type” column. Scroll down the list until you see "Context Menu" in the Type column. Disable all non-Microsoft add-ons by highlighting them and pressing the F7 key, restart your computer and check whether the explorer is working or not.

Disable all parameters with the value “Context menu”

Troubleshooting: Explorer restarts on its own

First follow all the above instructions, if none of them help, then follow these steps:

Why does the conductor slow down?

Explorer may slow down due to heavy load on the hard drive, processor and video card, or due to memory load on the hard drive. If the first reason is relevant in your case, then disable as many unnecessary processes and programs as possible; if the second, then free up space on your hard drive, especially carefully monitor the memory on the main partition of the disk on which the operating system itself is installed.

CPU is overloaded

What to do if Windows stops working due to Windows Explorer

If Windows does not work due to the fact that Explorer turns off at startup, then try booting into safe mode (while turning on the computer, press F8 on the keyboard and select safe boot mode), and then go to the folder C:\Windows\ProgramData\ srtserv and replace it with the exact same folder taken from another computer with the same version of the operating system and its bit depth. After that, boot your computer in normal mode.

If the desktop disappears during boot

All information about the desktop is also stored in Explorer, so if it stops working, then the desktop will not open. Sometimes, it is enough to manually run the process corresponding to the explorer to get rid of this problem; this can be done in several ways.

Running a process through the task manager

Running a command to launch Explorer

Changing registry settings

One of the reasons for problems with Explorer may be changes in registry values ​​made by mistake by the system itself, user actions or third-party programs. To correct the settings, follow these steps:

Video tutorial: how to restore Explorer

What to do if nothing helps

If you followed all of the above instructions, and none of them helped you fix the problem, then there are two options left: reinstall the system or roll back it. By rolling back the system we mean restoring it to the moment when it was still fully functioning. Recovery is carried out using checkpoints created by you or the system automatically.

Recovering or reinstalling the system

Restart

Restarting Explorer should be done in two cases: if the program is frozen, or if you have installed some add-on that will only start working after a reboot.

How to reinstall

You can reinstall Explorer by replacing it with another file. You should only reinstall if you are sure that the explorer.exe file on your computer is damaged, and at the same time you have a high-quality explorer.exe for your version and Windows bit depth, taken from another computer.

1. Copy the file that you will use to replace the old explorer with the new one to the folder with the explorer file. By default, this file is located in the C:\Windows\ProgramData\srtserv folder. Rename the copied file in advance, for example, to explorer2.exe.
   Copy the second explorer to the folder
2. Open Task Manager. Launch the task manager using one of the available methods
3. Disable the task responsible for File Explorer.
   Removing the task of the conductor
4. Confirm the action.
   We confirm that we want to cancel the task
5. Expand the File menu. Open the menu called “File”
6. Select the “Run new task” function. Click on the item “Run a new task”
7. Enter the value explorer2.exe and run the task. Ready, old version It is not recommended to delete Explorer, since it is not a fact that no conflicts will arise with the new file.
   We launch the task with the new file explorer2.exe

Detailed setting

Explorer settings allow you to change it appearance, functions and style of grouping the files contained in it. Some Explorer parameters can be changed using its standard settings located in the Explorer itself, while others can be changed through third-party programs that allow you to configure the Explorer in much more detail and greatly change its appearance.

Standard settings

1. Open File Explorer. In the left block of the program there is a navigation area in which the upper levels of the main drives and the main system folders added there by default are located. Using the same block, the folder tree is displayed and navigated through it. On the left is the transition area
2. You can add or remove any folders or sections in this block in order to have the fastest possible access to places that are important to you in the future. While in the folder you want to add to the navigation area, right-click on the “Favorites” section, the top section in the navigation area, and select the “Add current location to favorites” option.
   Use the “Add current location to favorites” button
3. You can extend an object from the Navigation Pane by expanding the Arrange section, going to the Presentation subsection, and selecting Navigation Pane.
   Let’s move on to setting up the transition area through the “Management” menu
4. Explorer has a Preview feature that allows you to view an element or part of an element without opening it. It is convenient to use this function if you need to find a specific file in a large number of unsigned files without opening each of them one by one.
   Preview a photo in Explorer
5. To set the space allocated for quick view, in the “Arrange” section, select the “Presentation” subsection, and then the “Preview Area” item.
   Go to preview settings
6. The information area is an informative block about the selected file, containing all available information about it: size, date of creation and editing, name, etc.
   File information appears in the details pane
7. This section is configured in the “Arrange” - “View” - “Details Area” section.
   Let's move on to the details pane settings
8. At the top of the explorer is its main menu. If you don't use it, you can press F10 on your keyboard to hide it. To return to the menu, use the same key.
   Enable or disable the menu using the F10 key
9. Quickly changing the general appearance of folders, files and their location is done using the icons in the upper right corner of Explorer.
   Using icons to sort and change appearance
10. Some files in the system are hidden by default, that is, they are located on the disk, but are not displayed in Explorer. Hidden only important files, on whose work the well-being of the system depends. To enable the display of hidden items, expand the “Tools” menu and go to the “Folder Options” sub-item.
    Select “Folder Options”
11. In the window that opens, go to the “View” tab. Click on the “View” tab
12. Here, deactivate the “Hide system-protected files” function and activate the “Show hidden files, folders and disks." Save your changes by clicking the "Apply" button. Disable the “Hide system-protected files” function and activate the “Show hidden files, folders and drives” function
13. While in the same “View” section, you can uncheck the “Hide extensions for known file types” function so that the extensions of all files are shown in their name after the dot. By default, extensions are hidden, but knowing what extension a file is in can often be useful. Enable the “Hide extensions for registered file types” feature

The rest of the Explorer settings are made in it, but are not useful to the average user; they are needed for those who work more professionally with system files. But standard settings conductors are not flexible enough to customize the appearance and other parameters, so we’ll use third party program to meet these goals.

Additional settings

We will use the QTTabBar program, you can download it for free from the official website of the developer, but it is better to download its more stable version with additional files for design and Russification - http://www.mediafire.com/file/b16sv974i5inlic/QTTabBar_Optimakomp_ru.rar.

1. Go through the QTTabBar installation process.
   
   Go through the QTTabBar installation process
2. First, let's change the language to Russian, this can be done if you downloaded the program with additional files from the link above. To do this, right-click on an empty space in the top panel of Explorer and select Option. Go to Option
3. Go to the General tab. Go to the General tab
4. In the Language File line, specify the path to the Lng_ QTTabBar_Russia file.
   Specify the path to the file with the Russian language
5. Click on the Apply button to make changes to the program.
   Click on the Apply button
6. Restart the program, close and open Explorer. Done, the program has changed to Russian. Go to the Settings menu again. Go to the “Settings” item
7. In the settings that open, go to the “Tabs” tab. Go to the “Tabs” tab
8. In this section you can configure the display and functions of tabs, folders and other sections. The program has a lot of functions, so there is no point in describing each of them; they are all intuitively clear from the names in the program itself. Customizing Explorer Tabs
9. In the “View” tab, you can configure the font settings, background color and pop-up windows (the archive with additional files already has a set of skins), etc. Navigate through the sections of the program to personalize the explorer as much as possible for yourself.
   Specify the path to the downloaded templates
10. If you want to reset all changes made at once, then run installation file program and select the Remove option, wait for the removal process to complete and restart your computer.
    Click the Remove button

Conductor analogs

There are many third-party analogues to the standard Windows Explorer, each of them has approximately the same set of functions, but a different design. For example, you can take the most popular conductor - Total Commander.

Download the program

Total Commander features flexible interface settings, the ability to split and combine files, and change panel parameters quick access and bookmarks, the presence of a history that stores your actions for some time.

A worthy replacement for the standard explorer - Total Commander

You need to select a conductor first of all by design, since the other parameters for all popular conductors are almost the same.

File Explorer for Mac OS for Windows

If you like the design of Mac OS Explorer, you can download and install Finder style for Windows to change the visual appearance of icons, folders, and sections in standard Windows Explorer. To install, you will need two files: the main one, which will replace the design, and an additional one, which will replace the values ​​in the registry so that the system does not lose the files it needs.

You can style standard Windows Explorer as Finder from Mac OS

How to open an FTP file

By default, FTP files will open in the browser, usually in Internet Explorer. In order for files of this type to open in the Explorer window itself, you need to change its settings:

Clearing search history

Explorer has a search bar that displays your most recent queries. To remove them, go to search bar, use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move to the request you want to delete, and press the Delete key on your keyboard.

Select the request and press Delete

Deleting a file

Deleting a file while in Explorer can be done in two ways: by right-clicking on it and selecting the “Delete” function, or by pressing the Delete key on the keyboard after selecting the file.

Press the Delete key

View folder size

Removing a library

The library is a section built into the Explorer quick access panel, consisting of the “Downloads”, “Image”, etc. folders. Since all these partitions are located on the main partition of the hard drive, where there is not much space anyway, most users do not use them, creating folders to store their library on drive D, F, etc.

Run the regedit command to go to the registry editor

Go to the ShellFolder section using the folder tree on the left side of the registry, and right-click on the destination folder, select the “Permissions” section from the menu that opens.
Go to the path HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\(031E4825–7B94–4dc3-B131-E946B44C8DD5)\ShellFolder and select “Permissions...”

Select account, through which they are authorized in the system in this moment, and give it full editing rights. Change the file value to b090010d

Done, the Windows library has disappeared from the Quick Access Toolbar.
The library has disappeared from Explorer

How to pin a folder in Explorer

Pin a folder to the Quick Access Toolbar

Both the work with files and the operation of the system itself depend on the explorer. If the conductor stops working, then the system itself may begin to become unresponsive. The conductor can be replaced with another one, but the old one should not be disconnected. If you do not want to change the explorer, you can configure it manually using standard functions and third-party programs.

Instructions

Many users of the Windows operating system are familiar with disabling Explorer: all shortcuts disappear from the desktop, the Start button and the taskbar line disappear. The user sees only the desktop background and the window open when the program crashes. To get your computer out of this state, you need to understand the cause of the current situation and know how to fix it.

The immediate cause of the above situation is the termination of the explorer.exe process. Open the task manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del and look at the list of processes. Among them is explorer.exe. If you complete this process, Explorer will turn off and you will lose access to the desktop, files and folders.

Recovering the Explorer process is very simple. Open the task manager, select “File” - “New task (Run)” from the menu. In the window that opens, enter explorer.exe and click OK. The explorer will start, and within a few seconds the computer’s functionality will be completely restored. You won’t even lose data from programs that were open when the crash occurred.

Since Explorer is the main tool for interacting with a computer, many users are trying to improve it in one way or another. For example, you can use the QT Tab Bar program, which gives Explorer new capabilities. You can read more about this program here: http://optimakomp.ru/uluchshaem-provodnik-windows/.

When you open a drive or folder, you work with Explorer. It can also be called through the “Start” menu - “All Programs” - “Accessories” - “Explorer”. When opened this way, the program always shows the contents of the “My Documents” folder, which is not always convenient. But you can change the Explorer settings so that it shows all drives. By then placing the Explorer shortcut on your desktop, you will receive a conveniently configured tool for working with files and folders.

To carry out this modification, open: “Start” - “All Programs” - “Accessories”. Then right-click on “Explorer” and select “Properties” from the context menu. A window will open, you need the “Object” line with the text %SystemRoot%explorer.exe. Replace the line text with %SystemRoot%explorer.exe /n, /e, /select, C: and save the changes. Please note that drive C is indicated at the end of the line; it is the first drive on most computers.

Now open the task manager and end the explorer.exe process. Run it again as described at the beginning of the article. Open Start again - All Programs - Accessories - File Explorer. You will see a convenient list of your computer's drives. If necessary, create a shortcut on the desktop: open “Start” again - “All Programs” - “Accessories”, select “Explorer” with the right mouse button and select “Create shortcut”. Then drag the appeared “Explorer (2)” onto the desktop and correct its name, if desired.

This article will talk about in different ways adding folders, files and programs to the Favorites list file manager Windows operating system - Explorer.

In the operating room Windows system, in Explorer there is a list of “Favorites”. To this list operating system by default, links are added to certain folders (for example, “Desktop”), as well as to the folders of some programs after they are installed (for example, cloud file storage folders Google Drive, OneDrive, Yandex.Disk and others).

You can easily add other new folders to the Favorites list, or remove folders located there from the Favorites list.

First, let's look at adding links to folders to the Favorites list, as well as removing them from this list.

Removing a folder from Favorites

To remove a folder from the “Favorites” list, you just need to move the mouse cursor to the desired folder and click on the right mouse button. In the context menu you need to select the “Delete” item and after that the folder will be deleted from this list.

Adding a folder to Favorites

To add a new folder to Favorites, you must first open File Explorer. Then you need to select the desired folder and simply drag it, while holding down the mouse button, into the Explorer window into the “Favorites” list. In this case, the inscription “Create a link to Favorites” will be visible next to the dragged folder.

You can add a folder in another way. To do this, you need to open Explorer, and then in the Explorer window, open the folder that you want to add to the Favorites list. In this image, the CD-DVD folder is selected.

After this, a new folder appears in “Favorites”, in the example given - the “CD-DVD” folder.

Recover deleted folders to Favorites

After removing the default folder links, you can restore them. To do this, right-click on “Favorites”, and then select “Restore Favorite Links” from the context menu.

Deleted links to folders that were set to Favorites by default will be restored. This action will not affect previously added folders to Favorites; links to these folders will remain in the Favorites list.

Adding programs to Favorites

Using the methods described above, you cannot add program shortcuts to Favorites. When you try to move a program shortcut to “Favorites”, the message “Could not be placed in “Favorites”” appears.

You can work around this obstacle by opening the Links folder, which contains the contents of the Favorites list.

If the program that you need to add to “Favorites” does not have a shortcut, then you need to create a shortcut for this program and send it to the Desktop.

A shortcut for a program is created in this way - “Start” menu => “All programs” => Select the program and right-click on it => in the context menu select “Create shortcut” => “You cannot create a shortcut in this folder. Should I put it on my desktop?” => “Yes.” Now the shortcut for the selected program is placed in the Desktop folder.

After the folder with the program shortcut has been opened in Explorer or the shortcut of the selected program is on the Desktop, you need to open the Start menu and open your personal folder (the name of your user folder) in the very top right corner. The contents of the Favorites list are located in the Links folder.

Open File Explorer, and then drag a program shortcut to the Links folder from the folder that contains the shortcut for the selected program. If the shortcut for the selected program is on the Desktop, then simply drag the shortcut to the “Links” folder.

In the image I dragged the label Skype programs to the "Links" folder, and immediately after that the "Skype" shortcut appeared in the "Favorites" list. In the Favorites list, program shortcuts are displayed without an arrow.

Adding files to Favorites

This is exactly how you can add to your Favorites list. separate files. First you need to select a file that will be placed in the “Favorites” list.

For example, I chose " Word document" with the name "Questions". You will need to right-click on the selected file and select “Create shortcut” in the context menu.

Before moving a file shortcut, you can remove the ending “Shortcut” from the file shortcut so that the shortcut name does not differ from the file name. This way the label will simply look more beautiful.

To do this, right-click on the shortcut, and in the context menu select “Rename”, and then remove unnecessary words from the name of the file shortcut.

After these steps, you need to open the “Links” folder, to do this you need to follow this path - “Start” menu => “Open a personal folder” => “Links”.

Now drag the file shortcut from the folder it is currently located in to open folder"Links". Immediately after this, a shortcut to the Questions file appears in the Favorites list.

In order to remove added programs and files from the Favorites list, you need to move the mouse cursor over the selected file and select “Delete” in the context menu.

Conclusions of the article

If necessary, the user can add files and folders to the Favorites list in Windows Explorer. If a program or file is not needed in your favorites, you can remove it from there.

The Explorer shortcut is a very useful tool that can be placed on the taskbar. Using it, you can quickly go to the “Library” (it contains video, documents, images and music folders). This is also a quick way to get into local drives or other folders that are on the computer.

You can either add the Explorer shortcut to the taskbar or remove it (read more about how to add program shortcuts to the taskbar). To add or remove just open any folder on your computer, then right-click on it (on the taskbar) and select the command “ Remove a program from the taskbar»/« Pin a program to the taskbar».

In this article, I'll show you how to customize the Explorer shortcut so that when you click on it, it will open any other folder you want rather than Library. To do this you need:

1. Right-click on the shortcut " Conductor" Then right-click again on the command “ Conductor » from the context menu that opens. Next, click “ Properties ».

2. The dialog box “ Properties: Explorer" In field " An object» the path to the library is specified. For example, let's make it so that when you click on the "Explorer" shortcut, " Local disk D" or "Local drive C".

"Local drive D":

%windir%\explorer.exe /e, d:\

"Local drive C":