Emergency Recovery Utility
Explorer - Customise Root
Explorer - Start with All Drives in Left-Pane
Emergency Recovery Utility
The Microsoft Windows 95 Emergency Recovery Utility (ERU) is designed to provide a backup of your system configuration in case a problem should occur. Microsoft recommends that you use the utility to create a backup each time you make any significant system changes, such as adding new hardware or software. (Quoted from the readme file in the "Eru" folder on the Windows95 CDROM).
On the Windows 95 CDROM open the folder labeled "Other", then open the "Misc" folder. Then Drag the folder "Eru" to your root DIR on your HDD, so you have a folder with the following path statement C:\eru.
To run "Eru" and thus back up your system files:
1) Right click on your "Start Button".
2) Right Click on run (Or use "My Computer" etc.)
3) Type with out the quotes "C:\eru\eru.
4) Now just follow the directions as the dialogue boxes appear.
Or create a shortcut to ERU.exe
Download ERU.zip
Customise Explorer Root
To make Explorer open to a specific folder, make a shortcut that points to
"C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE/n,/e,C:\"
Just change the C:\ to the folder you want opened with this shortcut.
Start Explorer with All Drives in Left-Pane
Normally, when you start Explorer, it opens up with the current drive at the top of the tree in the directory-pane on the left.
To start Explorer with "My Computer" as the root, and all drives visible, adjust your shortcuts (right-click, select Properties then go to the Shortcut page) to Explorer by changing the TARGET field to read:
C:\WINDOWS\EXPLORER.EXE /e,/n,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}
Instead of copying that out by hand, just drag your mouse over it now, right-click, select COPY...and then paste it into the TARGET field later.
You can also achieve the same result by right-clicking on "My Computer" and selecting Explore OR by holding SHIFT while double-clicking "My Computer" but the above method yields a one-handed, no-keypress solution.