Is it possible to open an explorer window from powershell

Question

I'm sure this must be possible, but I can't find out how to do it.

Any clues?

Answer 1

$startinfo = new-object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo 
$startinfo.FileName = "explorer.exe"
$startinfo.WorkingDirectory = 'D:\foldername'

[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($startinfo)

Hope this helps

Answer 2

Just use the invoke-item cmdlet. For example, if you want to open a explorer window on the current directory you can do:

invoke-item .

Answer 3

explorer .

Answer 4

You have a few options:

• Powershell looks for executables in your path, just as cmd.exe does. So you can just type explorer on the powershell prompt. Using this method, you can also pass cmd-line arguments (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314853)
• The Invoke-Item cmdlet provides a way to run an executable file or to open a file (or set of files) from within Windows PowerShell. Alias: ii
• use system.diagnostics.process

Examples:

PS C:\> explorer
PS C:\> explorer .
PS C:\> explorer /n
PS C:\> Invoke-Item c:\windows\explorer.exe
PS C:\> ii c:\windows\explorer.exe
PS C:\> [diagnostics.process]::start("explorer.exe")

Answer 5

ii .

Is one of the most common things I type at the PS command line.

Answer 6

Start explorer.exe

Simple single line command