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bill
bill

Reputation: 897

How do I open a specific folder from inside of a Powershell terminal?

I would like to be able to navigate to a certain file, then open it using a Powershell command.

Upvotes: 75

Views: 161969

Answers (11)

Boi G
Boi G

Reputation: 67

Below are some examples that add to the answers already authored by others:

The examples demonstrate slightly more advanced methods using additional syntax and/or flags, or they demonstrate special cases.

Using the invoke-item flag:

  PS C:\> ii -path c:\directory\directory\directory

Issues often arise when a command accepts a filepath as an argument because the parser cannot parse all the characters that can makeup a filepath. For example, say you have a directory-path that is for a directory with a name that contains spaces (i.e. "C:\Documents\My Work Stuff"). In a case like that you can use quotes to help communicate to the command-line's parser which part of the syntax your entering is the argument being passed to the command's path parameter. Below is an example of what that might look like.

 PS C:\> ii -path "C:\Documents\My Work Stuff"

Note that the -path flag is optional.


The following examples work as well:
  • ii or invoke-item
  • explorer.exe
  • start

Upvotes: 3

manojlds
manojlds

Reputation: 301147

For Powershell and cmd compatible way (and I think the most common way):

start .
start c:\

Upvotes: 42

GBroll
GBroll

Reputation: 1

As 'open .' in mac will open the current directory, 'start .' in window PowerShell will do the same.

Upvotes: 0

Zuhair Abid
Zuhair Abid

Reputation: 189

Putting a dot after explorer.exe will open the current directory:

explorer.exe .

Upvotes: 3

Andy Willis
Andy Willis

Reputation: 21

I realize the question is old but folks finding this via google may find this useful even now:

I created a cmd script with:

@REM Open directory
@REM Version 1.0
@echo off
if [%1]==[] (powershell ii .
    ) Else (
        powershell ii %1
        cd %1
    )

This will also open a document such as a text file or a MS Word document, as well as opening a folder.

Upvotes: 2

rmbd
rmbd

Reputation: 111

To open the current folder within the powershell type:

PS>> explorer.exe $(pwd)

Upvotes: 11

walid2mi
walid2mi

Reputation: 2888

another variant

 hh c:\

 hh http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8471106

 hh $env:windir\help\WindowsPowerShellHelp.chm

Upvotes: -1

Shay Levy
Shay Levy

Reputation: 126732

Use the Invoke-Item cmdlet, or its alias: ii.

PS> ii c:\windows # open the windows directory in windows explorer
PS> ii c:\book.xls # open book.xls in Excel
PS> ii . # open the current directory in windows explorer

Upvotes: 111

stej
stej

Reputation: 29449

Use Invoke-Item, alias ii:

ii d:\temp\

Upvotes: 10

Ocaso Protal
Ocaso Protal

Reputation: 20247

I don't exactly understand what you want, but I have two possible solutions:

explorer .\Documents

or

cd .\Documents

Upvotes: 0

oberfreak
oberfreak

Reputation: 1807

you can use the explorer.exe to open the folder:

explorer.exe c:\temp\
explorer.exe <YourFolderPathHere>

Upvotes: 6

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