Explorer doesn't open specified folder

[MichaelE]

Hi All,

First time using AutoHotkey v2, so please be patient

In the tutorials i found it sais if I use

Run "C:\folder"

an explorer window should open in the C:\Folder directory

However it simply starts an Explorer in some other folder. What am I missing? Apparently it knows to start Explorer from just specifying a path, but why isn't it using it?

In a CMD window I can type "explorer.exe C:\Folder" it works as expected

Thanks for your help

[boiler]

I'm guessing that your path isn't really simply C:\folder, and if it has spaces in it, then you need to include quotes around the path as part of the string as described in the Run documentation. What you did does not include the quotes as part of the string but rather are just identifying what's inside them as the literal string. To include the quotes, the function call would have single quotes around the whole string including the double quotes:

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Run '"C:\folder"'

Explained: Strings / Text