[RESOLVED] Shortcut to My Docs
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    Resolved [RESOLVED] Shortcut to My Docs

    What ho one and all,

    I don't like comparing XP with W7 but...........

    On my ex-XP install, I had all my documents in partition D. called My Docs. On the desktop and task bar, I had a shortcut that immediately opened D with all the folders visible.

    On W7, any shortcut I make to D, immediately opens Explorer as a tree with D highlighted, which I have to open with + to open the folder list (still in Explorer) and then select the folder I want.

    This is what I get from the taskbar MyDoc shortcut.

    ATTACH=CONFIG]15589[/ATTACH].

    Is there a way to get the shortcut to open as a page with all the MyDoc files displayed.

    Thanks and toodle pip

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    Drag the little drive icon before D in the address bar to a space on your desktop.
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    So if I'm reading that right, you want the shortcut to have the H: folders expanded in the Navigation pane when you open the shortcut?

    Try this:
    In the Explorer window, click Organize > Folder and search options
    On the General tab, check "Automatically expand to current folder"

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    I think I did read it incorrectly.

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    Gentlemen,

    Many thanks and the issue has been sorta resolved.

    Mainly my fault as the folder display is somewhat different from XP. With XP, clicked MyDocs and it opened as partition D: with nothing else.

    But W7 includes the directory tree for everything on the left (which I don't really want) and the right pane displays the folder contents. Stupidly, I had the contents displaying as files, and in reverse alphabetical order, so the folders are off the bottom. Now that I have changed to Medium icons in the correct alphabetical order, it is easier to see what I want.

    A Homer Simpson moment!!!

    Thanks and toodle pip

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