Open file location

Question

When searching a file in Windows Explorer and right-click a file from the search results; there is an option: \"Open file location\". I want to implement the same in my C# WinFo

Answer 1

If openFileDialog_View is an OpenFileDialog then you'll just get a dialog prompting a user to open a file. I assume you want to actually open the location in explorer.

You would do this:

if (File.Exists(filePath))
{
    Process.Start("explorer.exe", filePath);
}

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To select a file explorer.exe takes a /select argument like this:

explorer.exe /select, <filelist>

I got this from an SO post: Opening a folder in explorer and selecting a file

So your code would be:

if (File.Exists(filePath))
{
    Process.Start("explorer.exe", "/select, " + filePath);
}

Answer 2

This is how I do it in my code. This will open the file directory in explorer and select the specified file just the way windows explorer does it.

if (File.Exists(path))
{
    Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo("explorer.exe", " /select, " + path);
}