The following problem arose: I need to change the view of the Explorera window opened by "Win + E" so that the panel with the folder tree does not appear on the left and does not force my eyes.

I made some attempts to understand this question, here’s what the result is:

  1. The panel that forces the eyes is a consequence of launching explorer with the / e parameter
  2. The shortcut is processed by the procedure of one of the Explorer windows: either by using the "SHELLDLL_DefView" class window, or "Progman", to determine which one I was not allowed to use the skill.
  3. I tried to track the registry keys read by Explorer when loading it - I did not find any suspicious ones.

I would like to find a solution with a modification of the registry or patch something o_o. Please do not suggest to use hooks or ready-made software on hooks like AutoHotkey. My beliefs strictly forbid me to do so in this case. Thank you in advance!

PS OS: Windows XP SP2

    1 answer 1

    It is possible to independently configure the behavior of the system in this situation. If you delete the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Folder \ shell \ explore \ ddeexec key (this doesn’t affect the functioning of the system, since this key is optional), then the default parameter value in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Folder \ shell \ explore \ command key will determine the command line for opening the explorer window by key combination Win + E. Moreover, this does not affect the functioning of the context menu of the folders "& Explorer"; a new Explorer window continues to open with the left panel of the folder tree and the corresponding folder open. I set the default parameter in the command key to "explorer.exe D: \", and now when I press Win + E, I open the root directory of the D: \ drive without the left pane. Removing or disabling the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ Folder \ shell \ explore key causes the Win + E hot keys to stop functioning.