How to make JFileChooser Default to Computer View instead of My Documents

Here is a working example. It makes the assumption that C:\ is a valid path. It uses the FileSystemView.getParentDir(File)

import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;import java.awt.event.ActionListener;import java.io.File;import javax.swing.JButton;import javax.swing.JFileChooser;import javax.swing.JFrame;import javax.swing.JPanel;import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;public class Test {    /**     * @param args     */    public static void main(String[] args) {        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {            @Override            public void run() {                new Test().initUI();            }        });    }    protected void initUI() {        JFrame frame = new JFrame();        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);        JPanel panel = new JPanel();        final JButton button = new JButton("Select files...");        button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {            @Override            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {                final JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();                chooser.setCurrentDirectory(                                 chooser.getFileSystemView().getParentDirectory(                                     new File("C:\\")));                              chooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);                chooser.showDialog(button, "Select file");            }        });        panel.add(button);        frame.add(panel);        frame.pack();        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);        frame.setVisible(true);    }}

A kludge way to do this is to get the default directory's parent until the toString() of the File obtained is "Computer". something like:

  FileSystemView fsv = FileSystemView.getFileSystemView();  File defaultFile = fsv.getDefaultDirectory();  while (defaultFile != null) {     defaultFile = defaultFile.getParentFile();     if (defaultFile != null && "Computer".equalsIgnoreCase(defaultFile.toString())) {        JFileChooser fileChooser = new JFileChooser(defaultFile);        fileChooser.setFileSelectionMode(JFileChooser.DIRECTORIES_ONLY);        int result = fileChooser.showOpenDialog(null);        if (result == JFileChooser.APPROVE_OPTION) {           File file = fileChooser.getSelectedFile();           System.out.println(file);        }     }  }

//Specify the absolute path of the Mapped Drivechooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File("B:\\exampleFolder"));

OR

// set the file opener to look at the desktop    JFileChooser chooser = new JFileChooser();        chooser.setCurrentDirectory(new File(System.getProperty("user.home") + "\\Desktop"));