The answer to the first one is to create shortcuts to drives and folders you open often and put them on my desktop. My genealogical folders have a half dozen such shortcuts. If the way you want to view your files gets altered, just click view and select the way you want to view tehm - only takes a second. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:01 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows Explorer > > I am using Win XP Home. > Two simple questions. > I have all my programs on C Drive & all of my working files on D Drive. > How can I make Windows Explorer open the tree directly at the D Drive > Files? > Secondly, I like to view the files in 'detail' format. I have set the > Tools-Folder Options-View to be as I have personaly set up the folders but > sometimes when Explorer opens it opens in Icons format which I find > annoying & > have to go back to reset them again. > Any help appreciated. > R -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006