How to open project folder from Visual Studio in Windows Explorer?

Question

I'd like to have easy access to my project's folder from within Visual Studio. What do I do to open its folder in Windows Explorer?

Answer 1

Open the Solution Explorer >> right-click your project >> select Open Folder in Windows Explorer.

This has been tested on Visual Studio 2010. It will probably work in any other Visual Studio with a Solution Explorer.

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Answer 2

The easiest way...

I map a key chord to the command

Unfortunately, this only works when a project node is selected, probably because solution folders aren't actually folders and therefore it cannot be guaranteed that they actually match a folder in the file system.

Answer 3

You can open some of Soluion Explorer's items ( folders , projects , solutions ) in File Explorer by it's right click menus subitem " Open Folder in File Explorer ".

Also you can open opened documents containing folder by right click opened documents tab and " Open Containing Folder ".

Answer 4

Additionally to the answer opening the solution folder, there is an easy way in adding an open with for single files in the "Solution explorer". Just right click on a file, select Open With... , then Add a new entry:

As arguments you can type /select,%1 which opens the explorer with the current file selected.