windows-explorer Questions

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Everyone knows the Run window that you can open with the shortcut Windows+R or directly in the Windows menu then Run. I'm wondering how to open this Run window programmatically. This window seems t...
Diaphragm asked 12/10, 2011 at 8:59

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While installing the VS Code, we get an option to tick for Open with Code. I gave the tick mark for only files but not for folders. So how to turn it on after installation? When I'm opening a file:...

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I have created a new Windows shell context menu item using registry and keys HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\appname HKLM\Software\Classes\Folder\shell\appname\command now I want to add an ic...
Tyrannosaur asked 19/1, 2010 at 12:47

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How to add "Open folder as Android Studio project" to folders (in file explorer in windows) quick menu (right click).
Extrauterine asked 4/4, 2020 at 23:45

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If I store the path that i want to open in a string called finalpath which looks something like this: "./2.8 Movies/English/Die Hard Series" then how do i open this in Windows Explorer?(Windows 10...
Luminiferous asked 14/12, 2017 at 11:35

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I own a local PHP point of Sale, using wampp as my web-server (Win7). What I'm looking for is to find a way to open the Flash Drive E as we normally do by visiting My Computer - > USB Flash E: ....
Kremenchug asked 2/1, 2013 at 9:33

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I've recently switched to Windows 11 and after installing git, I found out that the context menu option, to easily launch git bash, is not there. The good news is, that it is possible to access the...

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I have an application which has an option to show the selected file in the folder in which the file resides. My question is, how do I achieve this? To clarify, if a user in my program selected the...
Unwonted asked 8/10, 2010 at 2:52

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My program sets "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" value "Hidden". Hovewer I'm not able to refresh the explorer to take into account this change. I've tried: 1) ...
Mauriciomaurie asked 21/3, 2010 at 21:9

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How does Windows decide which icon format to display when showing an exe's icon in Windows Explorer? Problem: When we look at our icon file and exe with embedded icon file in various Windows Explo...
Verbiage asked 9/3, 2010 at 0:24

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How to add a context (aka right click) menu to the windows explorer that, when clicked, opens the git-bash console in the current explorer folder?

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I'm currently working with a python script that has the following code. It opens a file that has JSON text and determines a value from that. browseFiles() def browseFiles(): global fileName fileNa...

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This problem has been afflicting me for quite a while and it's been really annoying. Every time I login after a reboot/power cycle the explorer takes some time to show up. I've taken the step of w...
Caylacaylor asked 16/9, 2008 at 17:18

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I have an application that makes frequent use of launching explorer.exe. I would like to re-use existing/already-opened explorer windows instead of creating a new one each time I start the process....
Macdonald asked 28/1, 2011 at 17:17

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How to open an file's Properties dialog by a button private void button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string path = @"C:\Users\test\Documents\tes.text"; // how to open this proper...
Preternatural asked 20/12, 2009 at 19:20

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Back in Windows 7, Ctrl+C worked fine for killing tasks such as gradle. On Windows 10, it does not. I upgraded to Git Bash 2.20.1, where it claims it is fixed (can't find a web link, the release no...
Hann asked 23/1, 2019 at 13:9

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In a WPF application, when a user clicks on a button I want to open the Windows explorer to a certain directory, how do I do that? I would expect something like this: Windows.OpenExplorer("c:\tes...
Glenine asked 17/11, 2009 at 1:44

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At this point, everyone knows that there's a limit to the number of ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers (from MSDN): The number of different icon overlay handlers that the system can support is limited ...
Bord asked 10/12, 2010 at 16:59

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I'm working on a windows shell extension, and unfortunately, when making changes to the DLL, I must restart windows explorer (since it keeps the DLL in memory). I found this program from Dino Espo...
Evolutionary asked 19/2, 2009 at 13:54

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Is there a way (keyboard shortcut?) to open the folder of the currently opened file in Windows Explorer? What I mean is this: When a java source file is open in IntelliJ, I'd like to open Windows ...
Edgeworth asked 25/10, 2009 at 12:7

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I am using the following code so that when the user clicks on a button, an instance of Windows Explorer is opened at a specific path. But this causes a new instance of the Explorer to be opened. I...
Thirlage asked 20/11, 2015 at 12:32

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I'm looking for a way to configure a few options in Folder Option dialog of Windows Explorer through Powershell. The options are: Choose "Show hidden files, folders, and drives" Uncheck "Hide ex...
Monticule asked 20/12, 2010 at 17:8

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I'm using sabre/dav library for my project and I'm having some difficulties with preventing default Windows WebDAV client "deleting" a file that shouldn't be deleted. The implementation in the serv...
Gulfweed asked 29/7, 2015 at 14:43

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I would like to drag and drop my data file onto a Python script and have it process the file and generate output. The Python script accepts the name of the data file as a command-line parameter, bu...
Ragland asked 27/9, 2008 at 3:2

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In my Windows explorer, I have the option to open files with the IntelliJ IDEA as shown in the screenshot below. Is there a way to hide / disable this?
Adulation asked 12/3, 2020 at 9:46

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