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Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards.

Overview

Windows Explorer is a file manager application that is included with releases of the Microsoft Windows operating system from Windows 95 onwards. It provides a graphical user interface for accessing the file systems. It is sometimes referred to as the Windows Shell, explorer.exe, File Explorer, or simply “Explorer”.

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How to add a "open git-bash here..." context menu to the windows explorer?

How to add a context (aka right click) menu to the windows explorer that, when clicked, opens the git-bash console in the current explorer folder?
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How can I open Windows Explorer to a certain directory from within a WPF app?

In a WPF application, when a user clicks on a button I want to open the Windows explorer to a certain directory, how do I do that? I would expect something like this: Windows.OpenExplorer("c:\test");
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Windows Explorer "Command Prompt Here"

I frequently find myself with a folder open in Windows, wishing to have a command prompt open with the same working directory. I am aware of Power Toys "Command Prompt", but that only works as a context menu item on the folder, and not from inside…
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Tree view of a directory/folder in Windows?

In Linux/KDE, I can see a directory as a tree. How can I do it in Windows 7? Consider I do NOT mean "Windows Explorer". This just shows the directories, I also want the files.
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Copy a file list as text from Windows Explorer

Is there a quick way to copy a list of filenames as text into the clipboard from Windows Explorer? I can do it from the command prompt with dir > filenames.txt, but I am looking for something along the lines of Ctrl + C -> Ctrl + V.
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ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers - why so few?

At this point, everyone knows that there's a limit to the number of ShellIconOverlayIdentifiers (from MSDN): The number of different icon overlay handlers that the system can support is limited by the amount of space available for icon overlays in…
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Drag and drop onto Python script in Windows Explorer

I would like to drag and drop my data file onto a Python script and have it process the file and generate output. The Python script accepts the name of the data file as a command-line parameter, but Windows Explorer doesn't allow the script to be a…
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Configure Windows Explorer Folder Options through Powershell

I'm looking for a way to configure a few options in Folder Option dialog of Windows Explorer through Powershell. The options are: Choose "Show hidden files, folders, and drives" Uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" Uncheck "Hide protected…
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Open folder in VS Code from Windows Explorer

While installing the VS Code, we get an option to tick for Open with Code. I gave the tick mark for only files but not for folders. So how to turn it on after installation? When I'm opening a file: When I'm opening a folder : I want the Open with…
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How do I display a file's Properties dialog from C#?

How to open an file's Properties dialog by a button private void button_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { string path = @"C:\Users\test\Documents\tes.text"; // how to open this propertie } Like windows right click on a file and you can…
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How can a batch file run a program and set the position and size of the window?

I have batch file that sets up the desktop environment for me when I am writing code. The file is named: SetEnv.cmd and it opens 3 other windows: An instance of Windows Explorer that is set to the app server's deploy directory. A second instance…
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Python: How to open a folder on Windows Explorer(Python 3.6.2, Windows 10)

If I store the path that i want to open in a string called finalpath which looks something like this: "./2.8 Movies/English/Die Hard Series" then how do i open this in Windows Explorer?(Windows 10)(Python 3.6.2) P.S I know many people have asked…
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C#: How to open Windows Explorer windows with a number of files selected

In the Library of Windows Media Player you can select one or more music files. You can then right-click and in their context menu choose Open File Location. This will open up one windows explorer window for each directory that the files are in, and…
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How to create a right-click context shell shortcut "edit with Emacs"?

Notepad++ automatically adds a shell shortcut so that when you're in Windows Explorer, you can right-click on a file and select "edit with Notepad++". How can I do the same with emacs? I am using GNU Emacs 22.3 for Windows.
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How can I programmatically refresh Windows Explorer?

I have a Windows shell extension that uses IShellIconOverlayIdentifier interface to display overlay icons on files and folders. My extension is a little like TortoiseCVS or TortoiseSVN. Sometimes I need to make Windows Explorer redraw all it's…
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