Show in explorer is not opening in android studio 3.1.0

Question

I am facing issues with opening the file location in explorer.

If I try to view a specific file in the Windows File Explorer via Right click -> Show in Explorer, nothing happens.

It used to work in older versions 3.0.1, however unable to do the same in 3.1.0

Just checked it in AS 3.0.1 with the Android and Project view, it works fine. Don't have 3.1.0 to check it though... — ahasbini, Mar 29 '18 at 13:38
Odd, I'm on 3.1.0 and this works for me. Problem must be on your end. — Morgan, Mar 29 '18 at 14:08
@Morgan I have tried different types like Restart AS ,clean and rebuilt the project but still same problem — Vikas singh, Mar 29 '18 at 14:11
Where is your project located? All my projects are in the default folder `AndroidStudioProjects` — Morgan, Mar 29 '18 at 14:12
Try changing the view from Android to Project. If that doesn't work, try creating a new project, this time in the default folder, see if that works. — Morgan, Mar 29 '18 at 14:16
I tried changing views and also created a new project but no success so far — Vikas singh, Mar 29 '18 at 14:22
How about create a new project in different partition of harddisk/ssd maybe? — ahasbini, Mar 29 '18 at 14:30
I'm also updating my Android Studio from version 3.0.1 to 3.1.0 but **Show in Explorer works fine for me**. — Aashish Kumar, Mar 30 '18 at 19:55
I too facing same issue, and also can't explore the debug apk. — Thirupathi Yadav, Apr 06 '18 at 12:23
It stopped from one day to the other in version 3.1.3 now, too. — Thommy, Jul 02 '18 at 08:29
@vikassingh which solution is working for above question? actually your accepted answer was not working. — Arbaz.in, Sep 20 '18 at 08:26
@Arbaz.in You need to do same as An08NY said...I have done same as he has told as it's working fine for me... — Vikas singh, Sep 20 '18 at 09:28

Thommy · Answer 1 · 2018-07-03T09:00:01.827

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In the Logs Android Studio stated that explorer command could not be found, so I solved it by adding C:\Windows\explorer.exe to my Path Variable and restarted Android Studio.

I don't think it is (only) an Android Studio Bug because explorer command wasn't working in cmd either.
Also it is strange since it worked in 3.2 beta while 3.1.3 wasn't working.

edited Jul 03 '18 at 09:00

answered Jul 03 '18 at 08:47

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Did you try restarting? – Thommy Jul 05 '18 at 06:00
@Thommy i tried above solution but its not working and also restarting my system after setting path. – Arbaz.in Sep 19 '18 at 05:45
@Arbaz.in Click on "Open in Explorer" in Android Studio and then check the logs, if it says "command explorer not found". If that is not the case, my solution will not work. – Thommy Sep 20 '18 at 08:16
@Thommy i tried **(Show in Explorer)** same and i didn't get any log in Logcat. – Arbaz.in Sep 20 '18 at 08:24
@Arbaz.in Not Logcat, the logfile in Android Studio's config directory: {user}\.AndroidStudio3.1\system\log – Thommy Sep 20 '18 at 11:24
@Thommy i navigate to that folder but i cant found like that. what was issue with Android Studio actually i am also not able to open apk file from android studio when i tried to build apk – Arbaz.in Sep 20 '18 at 11:48
@Thommy its not working for me but thanks for the response on my comment. – Arbaz.in Sep 21 '18 at 05:12
@Arbaz.in The way you describe it your problem is a completly different one than what is asked in this question. Please open a new one. – Thommy Sep 21 '18 at 11:10
@Thommy ,actually my issue was resolved with this [solution](https://stackoverflow.com/a/51166662/5995648) – Arbaz.in Sep 21 '18 at 11:12
Well that is the same as mine – Thommy Sep 22 '18 at 12:21

An08NY · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-20T09:28:52.073

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As answered by Thommy, you need to setup your path variables accordingly.

Just try adding the below paths to your environment variables and then I think it should work fine.

Add:

1 - C:\Windows

2 - %SystemRoot%

3 - %SystemRoot%\system32

edited Sep 20 '18 at 09:28

answered Jul 04 '18 at 05:57

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thanks, brother after a long time, now it's working as I expected. – Vikas singh Jul 04 '18 at 06:08
post your path variables – Arbaz.in Sep 19 '18 at 05:48
@Arbaz.in add these in your path variables, it should work. – An08NY Sep 20 '18 at 09:29
So its like this **C:\Windows\%SystemRoot%SystemRoot%\system32**? – Arbaz.in Sep 20 '18 at 09:33
edit your path variable, then add them all separately after a semicolin – An08NY Sep 20 '18 at 09:46
but i have a windows 8.1 and it allow through single line – Arbaz.in Sep 20 '18 at 09:56
try copying this: C:\\Windows\;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\system32; – An08NY Sep 20 '18 at 12:26

Show in explorer is not opening in android studio 3.1.0

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