# Opening File Explorer on Client PC

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-file-explorer-on-client-pc/67408>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [December 8, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-file-explorer-on-client-pc/67408 "2022-12-08T23:01:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryan.white](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ryan.white/32/73193_2.png) [@ryan.white](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ryan.white)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/opening-file-explorer-on-client-pc/67408/8 "2025-01-09T20:21:19Z")

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Remove the containing square brackets, enclose your path in `"`, and since this is python, you'll need to escape your backslashes using another `\`, or use forward slashes instead.

All together your first line should be something like

```python
path = system.file.openFile(
	"G:\\DeptDrive\\awhs\\ASRS MAINTENANCE\\Archive\\ASRS M..."
)

```

or the better(proper) way:

```python
path = system.file.openFile(
	"G:/DeptDrive/awhs/ASRS MAINTENANCE/Archive/ASRS M..."
)

```

If you scroll further down in the manual link that Kevin provided you should see example code.

Also, when posting code, please post it as formatted text, see [Wiki - how to post code on this forum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/wiki-how-to-post-code-on-this-forum/77831). It makes it easier for others to copy/test code instead of having to read off a picture and manually retype it.

As a warning, if this is a shared network drive you should be using full UNC paths instead of the mapped drive letter.

> [@Mapping network drive confusion](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/mapping-network-drive-confusion/88338/32):
>
> Also be aware that if your target share is not available when Ignition is restarted, Ignition will take longer to start up, due to those retries. And if your target share ever disconnects, it won't reconnect until you restart the Ignition service. Using the service wrapper's drive mapping ability is not fit for production use. Full stop.

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