How do I make sure that opening a folder via Win + R > {path to folder} always opens the file explorer in...












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Is it possible to pass extra options when opening file explorer via Win+R?



I know chrome.exe -incognito {URL} opens the URL in incognito. So I tried, {path} -fullscreen and {path} --fullscreen, but no avail.






windows-explorer fullscreen windows-10-v1607







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  • It's not quite clear if you want to maximize Explorer or Chrome.

    – montonero
    Feb 11 at 7:40











  • I want to maximize Explorer. Sorry if my post was not clear.

    – bibek
    Feb 11 at 7:42






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    Then I believe there's no simple way to do this. At least without an additional software like AutoIt.

    – montonero
    Feb 11 at 8:09











  • Thank you for the information. I will look up AutoIt.

    – bibek
    Feb 11 at 8:31











  • Instead of typing -fullscreen before it opens, it would be much simpler to type F11 afterward.

    – harrymc
    Feb 11 at 10:40
















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Is it possible to pass extra options when opening file explorer via Win+R?



I know chrome.exe -incognito {URL} opens the URL in incognito. So I tried, {path} -fullscreen and {path} --fullscreen, but no avail.






windows-explorer fullscreen windows-10-v1607







share|improve this question























  • It's not quite clear if you want to maximize Explorer or Chrome.

    – montonero
    Feb 11 at 7:40











  • I want to maximize Explorer. Sorry if my post was not clear.

    – bibek
    Feb 11 at 7:42






  • 1





    Then I believe there's no simple way to do this. At least without an additional software like AutoIt.

    – montonero
    Feb 11 at 8:09











  • Thank you for the information. I will look up AutoIt.

    – bibek
    Feb 11 at 8:31











  • Instead of typing -fullscreen before it opens, it would be much simpler to type F11 afterward.

    – harrymc
    Feb 11 at 10:40














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Is it possible to pass extra options when opening file explorer via Win+R?



I know chrome.exe -incognito {URL} opens the URL in incognito. So I tried, {path} -fullscreen and {path} --fullscreen, but no avail.






windows-explorer fullscreen windows-10-v1607







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Is it possible to pass extra options when opening file explorer via Win+R?



I know chrome.exe -incognito {URL} opens the URL in incognito. So I tried, {path} -fullscreen and {path} --fullscreen, but no avail.






windows-explorer fullscreen windows-10-v1607




windows-explorer fullscreen windows-10-v1607






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  • It's not quite clear if you want to maximize Explorer or Chrome.

    – montonero
    Feb 11 at 7:40











  • I want to maximize Explorer. Sorry if my post was not clear.

    – bibek
    Feb 11 at 7:42






  • 1





    Then I believe there's no simple way to do this. At least without an additional software like AutoIt.

    – montonero
    Feb 11 at 8:09











  • Thank you for the information. I will look up AutoIt.

    – bibek
    Feb 11 at 8:31











  • Instead of typing -fullscreen before it opens, it would be much simpler to type F11 afterward.

    – harrymc
    Feb 11 at 10:40



















  • It's not quite clear if you want to maximize Explorer or Chrome.

    – montonero
    Feb 11 at 7:40











  • I want to maximize Explorer. Sorry if my post was not clear.

    – bibek
    Feb 11 at 7:42






  • 1





    Then I believe there's no simple way to do this. At least without an additional software like AutoIt.

    – montonero
    Feb 11 at 8:09











  • Thank you for the information. I will look up AutoIt.

    – bibek
    Feb 11 at 8:31











  • Instead of typing -fullscreen before it opens, it would be much simpler to type F11 afterward.

    – harrymc
    Feb 11 at 10:40

















It's not quite clear if you want to maximize Explorer or Chrome.

– montonero
Feb 11 at 7:40





It's not quite clear if you want to maximize Explorer or Chrome.

– montonero
Feb 11 at 7:40













I want to maximize Explorer. Sorry if my post was not clear.

– bibek
Feb 11 at 7:42





I want to maximize Explorer. Sorry if my post was not clear.

– bibek
Feb 11 at 7:42




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Then I believe there's no simple way to do this. At least without an additional software like AutoIt.

– montonero
Feb 11 at 8:09





Then I believe there's no simple way to do this. At least without an additional software like AutoIt.

– montonero
Feb 11 at 8:09













Thank you for the information. I will look up AutoIt.

– bibek
Feb 11 at 8:31





Thank you for the information. I will look up AutoIt.

– bibek
Feb 11 at 8:31













Instead of typing -fullscreen before it opens, it would be much simpler to type F11 afterward.

– harrymc
Feb 11 at 10:40





Instead of typing -fullscreen before it opens, it would be much simpler to type F11 afterward.

– harrymc
Feb 11 at 10:40










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There is no command-line switch for explorer.exe that will get you to a full-screen window. But you can get close to your desired behavior with this approach.



Create this VBScript:



Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

Set Explorer = objShell.Exec("%WINDIR%explorer.exe " & WScript.Arguments(0))

Wscript.Sleep 500

objShell.AppActivate Explorer.ProcessID

objShell.SendKeys "{F11}"


Save it somewhere in your path. Give it a short name, like "e.vbs". Then, at a Start -> Run (aka Win+R) prompt, you can type e.vbs C:Temp and you'll get a full-screen Explorer window at C:Temp.



(If you are doing this from a command prompt, you can skip the extension, and just use e C:Temp. This is because the PathExt environment variable will know to look for a file with a vbs extension, but I can't get the Start -> Run interface to honor PathExt.)






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  • Thanks for your answer. But for my usecase, I will probably go with the suggestion provided by @harrymc above.

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    Feb 12 at 0:07












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There is no command-line switch for explorer.exe that will get you to a full-screen window. But you can get close to your desired behavior with this approach.



Create this VBScript:



Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

Set Explorer = objShell.Exec("%WINDIR%explorer.exe " & WScript.Arguments(0))

Wscript.Sleep 500

objShell.AppActivate Explorer.ProcessID

objShell.SendKeys "{F11}"


Save it somewhere in your path. Give it a short name, like "e.vbs". Then, at a Start -> Run (aka Win+R) prompt, you can type e.vbs C:Temp and you'll get a full-screen Explorer window at C:Temp.



(If you are doing this from a command prompt, you can skip the extension, and just use e C:Temp. This is because the PathExt environment variable will know to look for a file with a vbs extension, but I can't get the Start -> Run interface to honor PathExt.)






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  • Thanks for your answer. But for my usecase, I will probably go with the suggestion provided by @harrymc above.

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    Feb 12 at 0:07
















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There is no command-line switch for explorer.exe that will get you to a full-screen window. But you can get close to your desired behavior with this approach.



Create this VBScript:



Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

Set Explorer = objShell.Exec("%WINDIR%explorer.exe " & WScript.Arguments(0))

Wscript.Sleep 500

objShell.AppActivate Explorer.ProcessID

objShell.SendKeys "{F11}"


Save it somewhere in your path. Give it a short name, like "e.vbs". Then, at a Start -> Run (aka Win+R) prompt, you can type e.vbs C:Temp and you'll get a full-screen Explorer window at C:Temp.



(If you are doing this from a command prompt, you can skip the extension, and just use e C:Temp. This is because the PathExt environment variable will know to look for a file with a vbs extension, but I can't get the Start -> Run interface to honor PathExt.)






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  • Thanks for your answer. But for my usecase, I will probably go with the suggestion provided by @harrymc above.

    – bibek
    Feb 12 at 0:07














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There is no command-line switch for explorer.exe that will get you to a full-screen window. But you can get close to your desired behavior with this approach.



Create this VBScript:



Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

Set Explorer = objShell.Exec("%WINDIR%explorer.exe " & WScript.Arguments(0))

Wscript.Sleep 500

objShell.AppActivate Explorer.ProcessID

objShell.SendKeys "{F11}"


Save it somewhere in your path. Give it a short name, like "e.vbs". Then, at a Start -> Run (aka Win+R) prompt, you can type e.vbs C:Temp and you'll get a full-screen Explorer window at C:Temp.



(If you are doing this from a command prompt, you can skip the extension, and just use e C:Temp. This is because the PathExt environment variable will know to look for a file with a vbs extension, but I can't get the Start -> Run interface to honor PathExt.)






share|improve this answer













There is no command-line switch for explorer.exe that will get you to a full-screen window. But you can get close to your desired behavior with this approach.



Create this VBScript:



Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

Set Explorer = objShell.Exec("%WINDIR%explorer.exe " & WScript.Arguments(0))

Wscript.Sleep 500

objShell.AppActivate Explorer.ProcessID

objShell.SendKeys "{F11}"


Save it somewhere in your path. Give it a short name, like "e.vbs". Then, at a Start -> Run (aka Win+R) prompt, you can type e.vbs C:Temp and you'll get a full-screen Explorer window at C:Temp.



(If you are doing this from a command prompt, you can skip the extension, and just use e C:Temp. This is because the PathExt environment variable will know to look for a file with a vbs extension, but I can't get the Start -> Run interface to honor PathExt.)







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Thanks for your answer. But for my usecase, I will probably go with the suggestion provided by @harrymc above.

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