Shell Open Window Explorer window in specific location

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REM Batch to open folder with window at specific screen position

REM WITHOUT affecting the positions of subsequent windows



@echo off

cls



REM First lets set out our desired window's properties:





    set folderlocation=C:\omgfolder



    set wintop=0

    set winbottom=1080



    set winleft=3640

    set winright=3940







REM Some other inits..



    set WIN_SIZE_KEY="HKCU\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\Bags\AllFolders\Shell"

    set NAV_PANE_KEY="HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Modules\GlobalSettings\Sizer"



REM Record the current settings so we can restore them after



    REM Window Size

    for /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=3" %%A IN (`reg query %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96^(2^).top`) do ( set oldtop=%%A )

    for /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=3" %%A IN (`reg query %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96^(2^).bottom`) do ( set oldbottom=%%A )

    for /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=3" %%A IN (`reg query %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96^(2^).left`) do ( set oldleft=%%A )

    for /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=3" %%A IN (`reg query %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96^(2^).right`) do ( set oldright=%%A )



    REM Detail Pane

    for /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=3" %%A IN (`reg query %NAV_PANE_KEY% /v PreviewPaneSizer`) do ( set olddetailpane=%%A )    



    REM Nav Pane

    for /F "usebackq skip=2 tokens=3" %%A IN (`reg query %NAV_PANE_KEY% /v PageSpaceControlSizer`) do ( set oldnavpane=%%A )    





    echo oldtop is %oldtop%

    echo oldbottom is %oldbottom%

    echo oldleft is %oldleft%

    echo oldright is %oldright%

    echo olddetailpane is %olddetailpane%

    echo old nav pane is %oldnavpane%









REM Now edit the registry to set up the desired screen position



    reg add %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96(2).top /t REG_DWORD /f /d %wintop%

    reg add %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96(2).bottom /t REG_DWORD /f /d %winbottom%

    reg add %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96(2).left /t REG_DWORD /f /d %winleft%

    reg add %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96(2).right /t REG_DWORD /f /d %winright%



REM Next, edit the registry to remove the Details and Nav Panes



    reg add %NAV_PANE_KEY% /v PreviewPaneSizer /t REG_BINARY /f /d 4500000000000000000000000c020000

    reg add %NAV_PANE_KEY% /v PageSpaceControlSizer /t REG_BINARY /f /d 9e000000000000000000000023030000





REM Now everything is ready, lets create our window!



    REM very short delay..



    %SystemRoot%\explorer.exe "%folderlocation%"

    ping 127.0.0.1 -n 2 > nul



REM If all went well, we should now have a window opened in a specific location.

REM Now we need to restore the values so subsequent windows won't spawn in this configuration



    reg add %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96(2).top /t REG_DWORD /f /d %oldtop%

    reg add %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96(2).bottom /t REG_DWORD /f /d %oldbottom%

    reg add %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96(2).left /t REG_DWORD /f /d %oldleft%

    reg add %WIN_SIZE_KEY% /v WinPos1920x1080x96(2).right /t REG_DWORD /f /d %oldright%



    reg add %NAV_PANE_KEY% /v PreviewPaneSizer /t REG_BINARY /f /d %olddetailpane%

    reg add %NAV_PANE_KEY% /v PageSpaceControlSizer /t REG_BINARY /f /d %oldnavpane%





REM Done restoring, and done in general.  We can exit..