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Windows Explorer Switches

I have some code in our database which opens Windows Explorer in a
server folder related to a loaded form. The code is:

Shell("explorer /e,/root, G:\Surveyor\Parsonages\" & strHouseNumber,
vbMaximizedFocus)

With Win2K and XP having the ability to view thumbnails in Explorer,
I've been trying to find some switches which would enable me to open the
appropriate folder in thumbnail view. I've had no success and wondered
whether this is at all possible?

Any ideas much appreciated.

--
Stephen Layton


Dec 16 '05 #1
1 2130
Just a follow up to my posting. In the latest edition of Woody
Leonhard's Windows Secrets Newsletter
(http://windowssecrets.com/comp/051215/#story1) is explained about the
use of Windows folder templates for displaying the type of content in
its "best guess" display mode.

Therefore, maybe there isn't an Explorer switch available to change the
view from within the Access VBA code but that the folder templates have
to be changed manually prior to the code running?
--
Stephen Layton
Dec 17 '05 #2

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