diff -Naur rox-filer-2011-10-22-has_configure01t008/ROX-Filer/src/main.c rox-filer-2011-10-22-has_configure/ROX-Filer/src/main.c
--- rox-filer-2011-10-22-has_configure01t008/ROX-Filer/src/main.c	2017-08-05 17:25:27.876406320 +0800
+++ rox-filer-2011-10-22-has_configure/ROX-Filer/src/main.c	2017-08-05 17:30:10.619727565 +0800
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@
 
 int home_dir_len;
 const char *home_dir, *app_dir;
+int quirky_home_dir_len;
+const char *quirky_home_dir="/file";
 
 GtkTooltips *tooltips = NULL;
 
@@ -281,6 +283,7 @@
 
 	home_dir = g_get_home_dir();
 	home_dir_len = strlen(home_dir);
+	quirky_home_dir_len = strlen(quirky_home_dir);
 	app_dir = g_strdup(getenv("APP_DIR"));
 
 	/* Get internationalisation up and running. This requires the
diff -Naur rox-filer-2011-10-22-has_configure01t008/ROX-Filer/src/toolbar.c rox-filer-2011-10-22-has_configure/ROX-Filer/src/toolbar.c
--- rox-filer-2011-10-22-has_configure01t008/ROX-Filer/src/toolbar.c	2011-10-23 01:48:50.000000000 +0800
+++ rox-filer-2011-10-22-has_configure/ROX-Filer/src/toolbar.c	2017-08-05 17:33:01.773053594 +0800
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
 
 /* toolbar.c - for the button bars that go along the tops of windows */
 
+extern int quirky_home_dir_len;
+extern const char *quirky_home_dir;
+
 #include "config.h"
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -346,10 +349,10 @@
 	event = get_current_event(GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE);
 	if (event->type == GDK_BUTTON_RELEASE && NEW_WIN_BUTTON(event))
 	{
-		filer_opendir(home_dir, filer_window, NULL);
+		filer_opendir(quirky_home_dir, filer_window, NULL);
 	}
 	else
-		filer_change_to(filer_window, home_dir, NULL);
+		filer_change_to(filer_window, quirky_home_dir, NULL);
 	gdk_event_free(event);
 }