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titaniumdecoy · Jul 7th, 2006, 7:39 PM

I have the path to a file, say C:\path\to\file.txt. I need a way to open the folder where that file (file.txt) resides, and select it.

Since I am on a Windows machine, I can use the webbrowser module to load a path:

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import webbrowser

webbrowser.open(r"C:\path\to\file.txt")

However, this does not select the file. (I do not want to open it, just to select it.)

Thanks in advance. I'm not even sure this is possible in Python.

Jul 7th, 2006, 7:39 PM	#1
titaniumdecoy Expert Programmer Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 931 Rep Power: 4	Show File in Window I have the path to a file, say C:\path\to\file.txt. I need a way to open the folder where that file (file.txt) resides, and select it. Since I am on a Windows machine, I can use the webbrowser module to load a path: (Toggle Plain Text) import webbrowser webbrowser.open(r"C:\path\to\file.txt") import webbrowser webbrowser.open(r"C:\path\to\file.txt") However, this does not select the file. (I do not want to open it, just to select it.) Thanks in advance. I'm not even sure this is possible in Python.