
The Default ViewCurrently, when I click the File Explorer folder down in the task bar, I end up someplace that looks like this. For this post, I’ll continue on with the Documents folder because that’s a really popular place to be. Basically, we’re going to skip right over the File Explorer view and jump right into any folder you want. In today’s post, I’m going to walk through the steps necessary to create a shortcut for File Explorer that will lead to another folder.


If I enter the Documents folder from File Explorer nine times out of ten, why not create a situation where it’s the Documents folder that opens up directly when I click on File Explorer? For the purposes of this post, we’ll say that it’s my Documents folder that I use the most. I find that every time I launch File Explorer, I head right into another folder. While I really do love the setup of this folder, there is one small issue I’m having.

I can tell you that today, I use File Explorer as my home base and I usually branch out from there. At this point, I can’t even remember what I used to do when I browsed my computer in earlier versions of Windows. Ever since Windows 10 has been released, I’ve found myself clicking the File Explorer folder down in the task bar for just about everything I need.
