# Open Windows file explorer to specified path

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-windows-file-explorer-to-specified-path/24515>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 30, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-windows-file-explorer-to-specified-path/24515 "2019-04-30T16:45:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![dion.botha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dion.botha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dion.botha)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-windows-file-explorer-to-specified-path/24515/1 "2019-04-30T16:45:09Z")

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Hi Guys,

Anyone know how best to do this, I have tried a few ways from google-ing “python open file explorer” but nothing is working nicely within Ignition…

-Dion

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-windows-file-explorer-to-specified-path/24515/2 "2019-04-30T16:49:29Z")

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`system.util.execute(["explorer.exe", r"C:\path\to\folder"])`  
should work, as long as you’re in a client scope - from the gateway, this will do nothing.

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**Author:** ![dion.botha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/46a35a/32.png) [@dion.botha](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dion.botha)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/open-windows-file-explorer-to-specified-path/24515/3 "2019-04-30T16:53:30Z")

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Thanks PGriffith, I just found this which works too:

> import subprocess  
> subprocess.Popen(r'explorer "C:\Ignition"')