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Windows Explorer Defaults to Libraries Folder in Windows 7

© Ramesh Srinivasan | Windows 7 | 22nd January 2009

When you open Windows Explorer in Windows 7, it opens the Libraries folder by default. You can change the default startup folder using the Windows Explorer shortcut properties, as you did in earlier versions of Windows. Note that you cannot change the default start folder if you’re using WinKey + E to launch Explorer.

In Windows 7, right-clicking on the Windows Explorer Taskbar icon will show the Jump Lists. To access the shortcut properties, hold the SHIFT key down, right-click on the shortcut and choose Properties. Rest of the procedure is the same as in other versions of Windows.

To change the startup folder to (My) Computer, use this target path:

explorer.exe ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Where the GUID {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} represents the My Computer folder.

For Documents folder, use this target path:

explorer.exe ::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}

You may also suffix the full path instead of using GUID. For example,

explorer.exe D:\Scripts

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  1. diab0lik
    said this on Monday, February 1st 2010 9:00 am

    Just in case anyone stumbles across this…..

    You can change the default location when using win + e……just goto start>all programs>accessories>windows explorer and perform the same thing listed here (no need to hold shift0

  2. KD
    said this on Saturday, January 23rd 2010 7:42 pm

    Is there a possibility for windows 7 not to start explorer automatically at startup?

  3. auke
    said this on Monday, January 18th 2010 3:37 am

    thanks a lot!:D

  4. Jayden
    said this on Monday, December 7th 2009 1:10 pm

    Thanks for this. But how do you make the left navigation menu tree expand to show the folder you have chosen in the target path? Using your advice above it only selects the root drive.

  5. Yaz
    said this on Friday, October 9th 2009 3:28 am

    Sorry I meant as discribed in the article that winkey+E trick is not going to work.

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