How do I open the “My Documents” and “My Computer” folders from C#?

Question

I have used two GUIDs to open the folders My Computer and My Documents.

Process.Start(\"iexplore.exe\", \"::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b         


        

Answer 1

Better still would be to skip explorer entirely and just "start" the GUIDs directly:

Process.Start("::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}");...

Answer 2

Have you tried:

Process.Start("explorer.exe", "::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}");
Process.Start("explorer.exe", "::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}");

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Answer 3

Samdoss

Just enter the

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(directoryPath);

Its very easy. Try that.

Answer 4

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("...");

I know it looks doubtful but just run it. It'll work. This is the code for my computer. I don't know what it should be for My Documents.

Answer 5

I had to open MyDocuments and based on comments above I narrowed down the solution to open Explorer without side effects:

Process.Start("::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}");

I tested it on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Answer 6

Try explorer.exe:

Process.Start("explorer.exe", "::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}");
Process.Start("explorer.exe", "::{450d8fba-ad25-11d0-98a8-0800361b1103}");