# Explore Here / Open Folder

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explore-here-open-folder/15444>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 29, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explore-here-open-folder/15444 "2014-01-29T19:03:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sven\_Golly](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Sven\_Golly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sven_Golly)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explore-here-open-folder/15444/1 "2014-01-29T19:03:17Z")

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Apparently **explorer.exe** command line switches no longer work properly in Windows 7 (I would guess 8 too). So, the Tool suggested in one thread that opens an Explorer window on a selected file doesn't work. Instead, Windows Explorer just opens a default Window to My Documents.

Any chance we can see an "Open Folder" command in MP3TAG? Or are there any suggestions on how to work around this? (I'm working with MP3+CDG files all the time so I need to use Explorer frequently to check them.)

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/detlevd/32/123_2.png) [@DetlevD](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/DetlevD)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explore-here-open-folder/15444/2 "2014-01-29T19:42:34Z")

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> [@Sven Golly](#):
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> ... So, the Tool suggested in one thread that opens an Explorer window on a selected file doesn't work. ...

Please provide the link to this thread. Thank you.

DD.20140129.2143.CET

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**Author:** ![stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/stevehero/32/337_2.png) [@stevehero](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stevehero)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explore-here-open-folder/15444/3 "2014-01-29T20:04:38Z")

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![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/6/678cad81c4b2b2b57d447b2244d237038ecedb99.jpg)

Try this if you already haven't used it. works here on win 7 x64

/e, /select, "%\_path%"

![](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/6/678cad81c4b2b2b57d447b2244d237038ecedb99.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Sven\_Golly](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Sven\_Golly](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sven_Golly)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explore-here-open-folder/15444/4 "2014-02-06T22:53:33Z")

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> [@stevehero](#):
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> Try this if you already haven't used it. works here on win 7 x64
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> /e, /select, "%\_path%"

Weird. That's exactly what I was using and it didn't work. For some reason, now it does.

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/explore-here-open-folder/15444/5 "2026-02-09T12:24:53Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:24pm UTC