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Hi,
this may be a newbie question; nevertheless I'd be grateful for an answer as I spent a long while already on this...

I have a full file path in a variable. I try to open the Windows Explorer such that it opens the corresponding directory and has the filename selected.

This is my code:
Run, Explorer, "/select,%MyVar%"
%MyVar% contains the fullpath. Actually other things happen as well (Subversion update of the file, opening of the file, ...), but let's disregard this for now.

However, when I run this, Windows Explorer opens, but not with the correct folder. Instead, "My documents" is opened.

What am I doing wrong? I have checked http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314853 and understood the switches, but do not reach my goal.
Run, Explorer, /select,"%MyVar%" does not work either.

Thanks for any help,

Frank

Try:

Sorry, doesn't work. I wrote
Run, %systemroot%\explorer.exe /n,/e, "%MyVar%"
which gives an error:
Error: Failed attempt to launch program or document:
Action: <\explorer.exe>
Params: </n>

The current thread will exit.

Specifically: Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. (meaning: System cannot find the specified file).

Any other ideas? I presume that it has something to do with the quotes and the sequence of parameters.

Have a try with this. Not tested

Finally got it running:

explorerpath:= "explorer /select," MyVar
Run, %explorerpath%


Simple in the end...

This helped me out in the end, too.
Use this to explore "userfolder"


Thanks,
Deep-Silence