Delphi: Show Path in Windows Explorer

In Delphi, you can use the function ShellExecute for this purpose. Although this function does not only have one parameter like OpenDocument, it also can open the Explorer:

ShellExecute(Application.Handle, nil, 
'C:\Folder\Folder', nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Or:

ShellExecute(Application.Handle, 'explore', 
'C:\Folder\Folder', nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL); 

In the first example, we set the second parameter to "nil" making Windows to select the default program for file paths. In the second case, we are passing "explore" making Windows to use the Windows Explorer in each case to open the directory (a user may also have set another default application for directories on his system).

And here is another example using a variable:

APath := 'C:\Folder\Folder';

ShellExecute(Application.Handle, nil, 
PChar(APath), nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

Important: The unit ShellApi has to be included.
Last update on 2022-07-27 | Created on 2014-08-18