# system.file.openFile() to open a Folder

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-to-open-a-folder/110510>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, scripting\
**Created:** [September 10, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-to-open-a-folder/110510 "2025-09-10T10:13:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![danielps1818](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-to-open-a-folder/110510/1 "2025-09-10T10:13:22Z")

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Is there any way of using the popup view that opens when calling system.file.openFile() to select a folder?

For some reason if you try you can only click accept if you select a file.

I'm trying to select a folder to save a file there, so the user can select where to save it.

**Note** : I'm calling it from the designer console.

Thx!

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**Author:** ![lrose](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/lrose/32/62724_2.png) [@lrose](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/lrose)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-to-open-a-folder/110510/2 "2025-09-10T10:42:14Z")

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> [@danielps1818](#):
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> I'm trying to select a folder to save a file there, so the user can select where to save it.

I would try `system.file.saveFile()`. I don’t know if that will let you select a folder as a path or not.

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Kearney](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/daniel_kearney/32/79526_2.png) [@Daniel\_Kearney](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Daniel_Kearney)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-to-open-a-folder/110510/3 "2025-09-10T10:42:30Z")

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Maybe I’m misunderstanding your question but does system.file.saveFile() not work for what you’re trying to accomplish?

> **[system.file.saveFile | Ignition User Manual](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-file/system-file-saveFile)**
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> Prompts the user to save a new file named filename.

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**Author:** ![danielps1818](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2025, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/system-file-openfile-to-open-a-folder/110510/4 "2025-09-10T13:22:28Z")

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It does, I understand the documentation wrong.  
It actually does what I need. Thx!