Opens Windows Explorer window with specified file selected. - CSharp System.Windows.Forms

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Description

Opens Windows Explorer window with specified file selected.

Demo Code


using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.IO;//from   w w w. jav a 2s  .c om
using System.Diagnostics;

public class Main{
        /// <summary>
        /// Opens Windows Explorer window with specified file selected.
        /// </summary>
        public static void StartExplorerForFile(string path)
        {
            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path))
                return;

            // if file doesn't exits, try to open its parent folder:
            if (!File.Exists(path))
            {
                StartExplorer(Path.GetDirectoryName(path));
                return;
            }

            // open Explorer window with specified file selected:
            Process.Start("Explorer.exe", "/select,\"" + path + "\"");
        }
}

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