Re: Windows Explorer Command Line Switches

["Chow, Kevin" <kevin@PURCHASING.UBC.CA>]

You may want to check out the following web page:

http://www.skwc.com/Beyond/explorer.html

It explains the various command line switches you can use, but I'm
afraid it doesn't look like you can filter what files to display.

Kevin Chow
Information Systems Technician
University of British Columbia
(604) 822-6025

-----Original Message-----
From: Douglas, John [mailto:douglasjg@LMUS.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 12:58 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
Subject: Re: Windows Explorer Command Line Switches


Thanks for your response Steve.

Has anyone else used these command line switches?

Thanks,

John Douglas
Applications Support
Lockheed Martin Utility Services
740-897-2941
douglasj@lmus.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Hahn [SMTP:stevenhahn@KPMG.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 1:51 PM
> To:   Multiple recipients of list SQR-USERS
> Subject:      Re: Windows Explorer Command Line Switches
>
> I do not think this is a valid option.
>
> I can provide you w/ 2 alternatives:
>
> 1)  create a new directory (such as c:\sqr\temp)
> run windows explorer with the command:  explorer \sqr\temp
>
> 2)  You could write a batch file to display all *.lis files in an
> MS-DOS screen.
>  It would look like this:
>
> cd\temp (or whatever directory you want)
> dir *.lis
>
>
>
> Steve Hahn
> KPMG Consulting - PeopleSoft Implementation
> shahn@kpmg.com
>
>
> SQR-USERS@USA.NET,Internet writes:
> Greetings,
>
> We are trying to make a Windows 95 short cut open Windows Explorer and
> go to a specified directory and, show only *.lis files  (sqr output
> report files).
>
> We can make it open to the specified directory, but, we have not yet
> found the command line switches necessary to limit the files presented
> to only *.lis files.
>
> Does anyone happen to know the command line switches (and their
> functions) available when opening Windows Explorer?
>
> John Douglas
> Applications Support
> Lockheed Martin Utility Services
> 740-897-2941
> douglasj@lmus.com