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                  | Title | Open Windows Explorer to display files in a specific directory in Visual Basic 6 |  
                  | Description | This example shows how to open Windows Explorer to display files in a specific directory in Visual Basic 6. |  
                  | Keywords | Windows Explorer, shell, open, files, Visual Basic 6 |  
                  | Categories | Files and Directories |  
                 
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When you click the program's button, it builds a string of the form:
 
     explorer.exe /e, C:\somedir\subdir 
and executes this command with Shell.
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                  Private Sub btnOpenWindowsExplorer_Click()
Const QUOTE As String = """"
Dim path As String
    path = Replace(txtPath.Text, QUOTE, QUOTE & QUOTE)
    Shell "explorer.exe /e, " & path, vbNormalFocus
End Sub
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