My Computer Shortcut

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Hello all, I have looked through the archives of the message boards looking for the others that have had the same problem. I want to create a short cut to my computer where it lists my drives. I know that it is through explorer.exe and that there is some additional scripting or something that needs to happen but I am not sure. Could someone point me to a tutorial or a link that can explain it to me. I am apparently a little thick since there are only 2 or 3 other threads from 2006 that I can't figure out. Thanks for the help.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Easy enough to do. Since you are using DesktopX (I'm assuming by your post), you just need to create a shortcut object with the file path = "C:\WINDOWS\explorer.exe" and in the arguements line include the following "/n," and of course exclude the quotes. This give you the equivalent display in DesktopX for your My Computer Icon on the standard XP desktop.  
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Awesome, thank you for the help!! I am not sure what or where the arguements line is at, could you point me in the right direction. I am using DesktopX 3.20
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just open the properties tab of your existing object or start with create a new object and the properties of the object will display. On the general tab (the one that opens) you will see object type at the top portion and to the right of that a change button. Click the change button and at the top hit the scroll down box and select shortcut. Select the file shortcut type and below that is the arguments box (used to pass things such as "/n," to explorer or whatever program your object is set to launch). It's that easy. You can accomplish the same thing by opening your start panel, selecting run, and typing "explorer /n," no quotes of course. It's all very easy once you get the hang of it.  
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
BigDog and other thank you so much for getting me to the right place. In the arguments this is the line I typed. /e,/root,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D} This allowed me to see the my computer as I do when I click on the desktop short cut. Thank you all again.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok. You're welcome. Glad I could help.  
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
there are a lot of these little tricks out there.. we need to compile a list somewhere.