How to Remove a Switch From Windows Explorer
- 1). Click the Windows "Start" menu and type "Windows Explorer." Windows will display "Windows Explorer" in the list of search results.
- 2). Right-click "Windows Explorer" and select "Properties" to open the "Properties" window.
- 3). Locate the "Target" text box. This text box contains the command that Windows runs to open Windows Explorer. You will see a string containing "explorer.exe." It will look similar to this:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /n,/e,c:\myImages
In this example, the switches are "/n" and "/e." These switches tell Windows to open Windows Explorer and display the "C:\myImages" folder. - 4). Highlight the command in the "Target" text box using your mouse. Right-click the command and select "Copy." This will copy the text string to your Windows clipboard.
- 5). Open Notepad, right-click an empty area of the document and select "Paste." This creates a backup copy of the command. Use this backup to restore the "Target" text box to its original value if you make incorrect changes to the text box.
- 6). In the "Target" text box, delete everything after "explorer.exe." Using the previous example, the final command after deletion would look like this:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe - 7). Click "OK" to apply the changes and close the "Properties" window.
