Jun 13

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012 7:17 PM 

Changing the Windows Explorer Default View to My Computer

1. Right-click. the Windows Explorer icon (I have mine pinned to the task bar).
2. Right-click the Windows Explorer icon that appears in the jump list, and then click Properties.
3. In the Target box, replace the current text with the following text:
   %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
4. Click OK.

To return Windows Explorer to the default setting, type the following text in the Target box:

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e,::{450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103}

UPDATE:

I've since discovered that there's an even easier, more human-readable version that can be entered in the target box:

explorer shell:mycomputerfolder