How can I open a folder in Windows Explorer?

Question

I don't need any kind of interface. I just need the program to be an .exe file that opens a directory (eg. F:).

What kind of template would I use in C#? Would something other than Visual Studio work better? Would a different process entirely work better?

Answer 1

In C# you can do just that:

Process.Start(@"c:\users\");

This line will throw Win32Exception when folder doesn't exists. If you'll use Process.Start("explorer.exe", @"C:\folder\"); it will just opened another folder (if the one you specified doesn't exists).

So if you want to open the folder ONLY when it exists, you should do:

try
{
    Process.Start(@"c:\users22222\");
}
catch (Win32Exception win32Exception)
{
    //The system cannot find the file specified...
    Console.WriteLine(win32Exception.Message);
}

Answer 2

Create a batch file , for example open.bat

And write this line

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe "folder path"

If you really want to do it in C#

  class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Process.Start("explorer.exe", @"C:\...");
    }
 }