Windows Explorer Views in Windows XP

You can use the command-line switches either to customize the default view that Windows Explorer uses when it starts, or to specify the view when you start Windows Explorer from a command prompt.

You can use the following switches with the Explorer.exe command.

 Switch            Result
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 /n                Opens a new single-pane Window for the default selection.
                   This is usually the root of the drive on which Windows is installed.
 /e                Starts Windows Explorer using its default view.
 /e, <object>      Starts Windows Explorer using its default view with the focus on the specified folder.
 /root, <object>   Opens a window view of the specified object.
 /select, <object> Opens a window view with the specified folder, file or program selected.
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