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Alihamra
Alihamra

Reputation: 484

How can I open a Windows Explorer window from JavaScript?

I own a local PHP point of Sale, using wampp as my web-server (Win7). What I'm looking for is to find a way to open the Flash Drive E as we normally do by visiting My Computer - > USB Flash E: ... but using JavaScript.

I have found this code, which works perfectly as needed... But this only works on IE, I'm using Google Chrome as my POS browser but what Chrome does... Opens up a blank window!

Here is the code:

<script>
function CallMe()
{
 window.open("file://PCNAME/E$");
}
</script>
<html>
<input  type="button" onClick="CallMe()" value="Open USB" />
</html>

Is there an alternative way to open USB Drive E? Maybe by using PHP?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 75918

Answers (3)

Sha
Sha

Reputation: 39

Open file explorer in JS with :

showOpenFilePicker() function.

You can pass the arguments "desktop", "documents", "downloads", "music", "pictures", or "videos"

Handle the select fiel with :

showOpenFilePicker("documents").then((fileHandle) => {
    console.log(fileHandle);
  });

FileSystemFileHandler is returned

Full doc : here

EDIT : WILL NOT WORK ON FIREFOX

Upvotes: 2

ZooZ
ZooZ

Reputation: 971

window.open("file:///" + yourLocalOrNetworkPath);

Upvotes: 5

Brian Ustas
Brian Ustas

Reputation: 65499

You could allow the user to navigate their filesystem from the browser using:

<input type="file" />​

You can't specify a default location nor can the browser open it automatically, however.

Upvotes: 11

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