Showing document in Windows Explorer

[z1freeride]

I'm programming a download manager and I'm trying to implement the "Show Containing Folder" feature that you would find in Firefox.

This is what I have so far:

Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "explorer.exe";
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = dlPath;
proc.Start();

This simply opens the folder but in Firefox, it hilights the file. How would I do that?

[Curtis Rutland]

Here's what I would do:

//change this line to whatever path you have:
string filepath = @"c:\dev\pointredemption.txt";
FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(filepath);
if (fi.Exists)
{
    Process proc = new Process();
    proc.StartInfo.FileName = "explorer.exe";
    proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "/select," + filepath; ;
    proc.Start();
}
else
    Console.WriteLine("DNE!");

Make sure to include using System.IO; to use the FileInfo object.

Basically, this will check to see if the file exists. If it does, it will start explorer and highlight the file. Otherwise, it will write to the console, but you can change that part.

Hope this helps.

Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314853

[z1freeride]

Perfect. Thank you!

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