Force Windows Explorer to Start in the Folder You Want

When you open Windows Explorer, you can set it to open, every time, in any folder that you select.

Steps

Right click on the Yellow folder icon; this will open up new options. Right click on "Windows Explorer" then click on "Properties".
In the Target field, type the path of the directory that you want to link to.
- In this example, we have set "D:\Movies" as the target directory.
- The main directory is the "C:\" drive by default. If you have an extra drive or partition, the drive letter is usually "D:\" onwards. To make sure, view your intended target directory in the "Computer" folder.
Click on "OK."
To see the change, open the Windows Explorer icon. Finished! Your pre-set directory will now open by default when you click on Windows Explorer!
- "D:\Movies" will now open as the default directory whenever the Windows Explorer icon is clicked.

Note: Windows Explorer won't open into the folder you want it to open into, when you start Windows Explorer by right-clicking on the Start button. You will need to make any of these modifications to a shortcut to the Windows Explorer program (called EXPLORER.EXE) You can place such a shortcut on your desktop (or you can put it in the Start button) and then when you use this shortcut the path you specified will work.
To launch Windows Explorer so that it points to the Desktop use this string in the Target field: %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,%USERPROFILE%\Desktop
Tip: If you want to have Explorer start at My Computer, without drive and folder branches initially expanded, in the string mentioned above you replace the part ( /e, d:\myfolder ) with this instead: /n, /e, /select, c:\