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Esiemiat
I can confirm what you are seeing with that /Root switch and the user folders. The only thing I can think of is that it must have something to do with the changes that were made in Explorer.exe. Unless this was an intentional change, it could be a bug. -- Ronnie Vernon Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User "esiemiat" <> wrote in message news  7E7CD47-E26A-4492-A18B-...> You are correct, as stated earlier removing the /ROOT switch fixes the > problem. However, this switch works for all other folders on the system > and > is the "EXPLORE FROM HERE" functionality that worked in previous versions > of > Windows for ALL folders. I am just curious why this functionality is > broken, > and throws an error, for folders unders the USER folder, while it still > works > for all other folders on the system. > > "Ronnie Vernon MVP" wrote: > >> Esiemiat >> >> The /Root is the problem and I'm not sure why you would even use that in >> the >> path to the folder? >> >> -- >> >> Ronnie Vernon >> Microsoft MVP >> Windows Shell/User >> >> >> "esiemiat" <> wrote in message >> news:E283DF14-32CF-407D-8F5F-... >> > The %SystemRoot% folder is part of the path to EXPLORER.EXE not to >> > specify >> > which folder is behind expanded. The <SOME_FOLDER> indicator marks >> > where I >> > place the path to the folder I wish to expand. >> > >> > "Steve Easton" wrote: >> > >> >> Because %SystemRoot% is the windows directory. >> >> Why are you staring from there? >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> Steve Easton >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> "esiemiat" <> wrote in message >> >> news:FD94DFAC-E5AB-4166-8759-... >> >> >I like to use the following EXPLORER.EXE command line to basically >> >> >Explore >> >> > From Here on some folders: >> >> > >> >> > %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,/root,"<SOME_FOLDER>" >> >> > >> >> > In Vista this command does not work for all folders. More >> >> > specifically >> >> > any >> >> > folder on my desktop, like "C:\Users\esiemiat\Desktop\Test". When I >> >> > try >> >> > to >> >> > run this command from anywhere, including a CMD prompt, I recieve >> >> > the >> >> > following error message: >> >> > >> >> > "This file does not have a program associated with it for performing >> >> > this >> >> > action. Create an association in the Set Associations Control >> >> > Panel." >> >> > >> >> > Why can I not Explore From Here on desktop sub folder? This used to >> >> > work in >> >> > XP. If I remove the /ROOT switch, leaving just /E, everything works >> >> > fine. Is >> >> > this a problem with EXPLORER.EXE when used with /ROOT? >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> |
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