How to open the Xojo project folder

Targets Windows
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Hi,

I open the running project using “open recent”…

BUT: how do I open its folder in Windows Explorer ?

PS: my open windows in Windows Explorer are automatically closed many times a day by Windows 8.1 (I suppose) with a beep. and so I have to re-open it / them…

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[quote=154319:@Emile Schwarz]Hi,

I open the running project using “open recent”…

BUT: how do I open its folder in Windows Explorer ?

PS: my open windows in Windows Explorer are automatically closed many times a day byè Windows 8.1 (I suppose) with a beep. and so I have to re-open it / them…[/quote]
Windows Explorer automatically closed?? Does not sound like a Xojo issue. Does it tell you it has crashed or the folder is inaccessible?

You would probably get an answer if the translation was improved.

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[quote=154319:@Emile Schwarz]BUT: how do I open its folder in Windows Explorer ?
[/quote]

If you are looking to launch windows explorer externally to a specific folder, you could use shell

dim s as new shell s.Execute("explorer c:\\windows")

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Hi,

sorry for the bad sentence formuylation.

I want to be able to open (from the IDE) the folder where the current folder resides.

With OS X, cmd-click in the window title (name of teh window) opens what looks like a popup menu and we are able to open it. On Windows (8.1) I do not know.

For Windows folder closing automatically:
It does at a time I want to save a web page / something while I run Firefox: I got a beep and ctrl-tab only display entries for application(s) windows.
I suffer from a large Windows “feature”… As an example:

Open a window,
set its location,
set its size,
set its display mode to details,
moves the size column beside the name column,
close the window,
open it and you may get what you set.

Move that folder elsewhere (same or difference HD) and open it:

Windows reverse the properties to its default settings, not mine.

Weird.

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Sorry if I came across as rude. I found it difficult to understand the issue.

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Thanks for mention the trick here! Learned something new. :slight_smile:

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Oliver,

I do not read your answer as rude.

I apologyze for the lack of clarity of my question.

An answer ?

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[quote=154543:@Emile Schwarz]Open a window,
set its location,
set its size,
set its display mode to details,
moves the size column beside the name column,
close the window,
open it and you may get what you set.

Move that folder elsewhere (same or difference HD) and open it:

Windows reverse the properties to its default settings, not mine.[/quote]

What you need to do is after you set your folder view preferences the way you like is go into Tools -> Folder options, select the View tab then click the Apply to Folders button.

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Hi Bob,

thank you for the trick. Can I do that for different set of properties ?

I mean: if I do that, will it apply to ALL folders or only to the one I apply to ? (global or local properies)