hotkey for $FileManager$ to open a specific folder? Thread last updated on 2004-01-16 12:19:40

Posted by member 97428 on 2004-01-15 15:57:26

i have a hotkey mapped to a specific folder in Windows 2000 Pro, but it opens it, rather than explores it.

the default WIN+E Hotkey opens $FileManager$, which explores, rather than opens, My Documents.

is there any way i can set a hotkey to explore a specific folder?

Posted by member 97428 on 2004-01-15 16:17:26 link

okay, i don't know if there was an easier way, but here's what i did.

i created a shortcut to explorer.exe within my profile's directory of litestep. then, in the properties, i added /n, /e, pathtodir

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n, /e, h:\mp3


i then changed the hotkey assigned to open that folder to open the shortcut i just created

*Hotkey WIN M "C:\LiteStep\profiles\hacman\personal\mp3.lnk"


bada bing, done. :)

now, was there an easier way to do that?

Posted by member 36955 on 2004-01-15 18:05:25 link

well...
*Hotkey WIN M "$FileManager$" /e,h:\mp3

shold work

Posted by member 97428 on 2004-01-15 18:40:18 link

newp. at least, not on my machine.

Posted by member 562 on 2004-01-16 12:19:40 link

*hotkey Win E "explorer.exe" /E,C:\path-to-folder\
should work