Vista - Change Explorer Start up Directory

In Vista, Windows Explorer is located under All Programs > Accessories. It's actually a shortcut to%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe

When you open it, by default it will open your "Username"\"Documents" Folder:

I do not want that! Instead, I want it to show me the root of my D: drive. Well, it's not difficult to change. Here is how:

• Create a shortcut to Windows Explorer:

1. Go to All programs > Accessories.
2. Right click "Windows Explorer"
3. From menu choose "Send to" > Desktop (Create Shortcut)

• Then right click on the new shortcut and from the menu choose properties
• Modify "target" by adding /root,D:
• It should now appear like this: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /root,D:

That's it. From now on, when you open Windows Explorer using that shortcut, it will go to the root of D: drive. This is actually and old trick and works well with Windows XP too.

[Update - 12/03/2006]

I made a mistake above. If you want do NOT want to see other drives when you start up and just D drive, then instructions stand. Otherwise, just modify target like this:

• %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe D: