Windows 7: Set a New Windows Explorer launch Folder

When you open Windows Explorer, it always opens to the Libraries folder showing you the default libraries. That is absolutely perfect if you are using Microsoft’s default file organization, which designates Libraries as the overall container of your folders. But if you don’t want Windows Explorer to open your Libraries you can make Windows Explorer to open different folder of your choice. Here is how:

1. Right click Windows Explorer icon   in the taskbar and then right click Windows explorer icon from the list as shown below:

2. Choose properties from the list and move to target field as shown below:

3. Change the value of the target field to folder of your choice as if I want to open a specific folder say C:\softwares, then change the value in the target field as %windir%\explorer.exe C:\Softwares.

4. Change the value as per your liking but make sure that you leave the space between %windir%\explorer.exe and C:\Softwares.

5. Now, if you want Windows Explorer to open special, pre-set system folders then you want to enter special syntax in the target field.

• Computer: %windir%\explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
• My Documents: %windir%\explorer.exe ::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}
• Network: %windir%\explorer.exe ::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

6. After you have changed the target field, click OK. Next time you launch Windows Explorer, it will open the folder of your choice.