You could change the properties of it's shortcut to this, for example:
%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe /e, c:

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"Wayne" <wayneNoSpam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> When I open Windows Explorer it always opens the entire "User" folder
> structure - which is very long. Is there a way to prevent this?