My1 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 ever since Windows 8 I think that the folders in this PC are quite intresting even if those are a bit too much (but well for that we have this pc tweaker) and I use This PC or Computer, as it was called in Win7 as a base for pretty much everything, but Win10 has that one problem, when I press Win+E it ALWAYS opens up that Home screenI am not intrested in my "most/recent used files/folders" not I want to crap up my favs with everything. is there a nice way to set Win+E back to this pc where it belongs (in my opinion) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 I don't like it either. Always have to double click on This PC on the desktop to avoid that Home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My1 Posted October 17, 2014 Author Share Posted October 17, 2014 Home is close to useless when you dont have a lot of favorites, I usually access my drives and I cant make favs from C-Z... and for the folder I have my trusty this pc tweaker, but I havent tested in in Win10 yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Sometimes it silly displays a folder I've already deleted. OK, I found this interesting link: http://www.ghacks.net/2014/10/15/remove-favorites-frequent-folders-or-recent-files-in-windows-10-explorer/ Too bad, I decided to stop trying Win10 and returned to 8.1 for good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My1 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 (edited) now we have something truly intresting. thanks for that, I just was thinking to remap Win+e to this pc somehow with AHK... EDIT:I GOT IT!the reg hack is nice but since only the drives are properly listed this is not perfect. rather use autohotkey and insert this line into your script.#e::Run, ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}EDIT AGAIN:this line is better to restore the old behaviour, the line above creates this PC but makes it active if already open, when you rather wish to have a new instance open on each win+e use this:#e::Run, explorer.exe /e`,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} Edited October 18, 2014 by My1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aloha Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 Now I feel a little regretful when I jumped off the bandwagon too early! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My1 Posted October 18, 2014 Author Share Posted October 18, 2014 lol. I stayed at Win10 even with everything coz you WILL be able to mod everything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphelion Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 The CLSID launch works on Win8.1 too. I use AHK for selective Win+Key combos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My1 Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 yes it does but in this case it isnt needed in 8.1 since there was no home. I use autohotkey for doing half of my keyboard which is pretty nice, when on a laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphelion Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Assuming you mean 8.1 there is a home. Win+S was killer for me when upgrading to Win8 since I use voidtools Everything Search. It's like 100x+ faster. So I disable all Win+ combos and re-create them in AHK. The CLSID you posted was useful to re-create Win+E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
begem0t Posted January 31, 2015 Share Posted January 31, 2015 Build 9926 has an official setting for this. Start File Explorer and go to View->Options->General tab And there, right on top, is a dropdown to select This PC as default. No need to mess with the registry, except if you want to So Microsoft ARE listening, after all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My1 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Share Posted January 31, 2015 we dont even edit the registry.Autohotkey can create very nice shortcuts, and unorthodox ones as well, like I use AltGr+right Control to invoke my non-existing Context menu key... but thanks for pointing that out, although I'll probably leave 9926, coz of reasons like designs and similar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 If you're willing to start an Explorer window from, say, a specific icon on the desktop, you can start it up in any folder you like using the Explorer command line. Ever since something like 20 years ago I have put icons on my desktop to start Explorer in particular places - for example the roots of various disk drives. (I also employ a program called ShellFolderFix that causes the windows to open on the same part of the screen every time, which I find pleasant.) All this still works on Windows 10. For example, create a desktop icon to execute the following command: C:\Windows\explorer.exe /expand,C:\ You'll find the window always opens to the root folder of drive C: with the root folders expanded. Of course, this all depends on how you like to open Explorer, and if it's another way that isn't subject to being set with a particular command (as it is in a shortcut) then it won't be that helpful. -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhjohns Posted May 8, 2015 Share Posted May 8, 2015 I edit the WinX menu to create shortcuts to specific folders I wish to open in My PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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