Start %windir%\explorer.exe "C:\Users\Maria Winbuzzer\Desktop\wonder" With Command Prompt selected in your terminal type the following command and substitute the folder path with one to the folder you want to open:
Type the following command and Press Enter. Note that this is different from navigating to a folder in CMD because it will actually open the file in Windows Explorer: It’s not the easiest to remember, but every convenient once you have it down. Opening a folder in Command Prompt is even easier. Your Excel workbook will open in its default program: Excel. In the example below, we navigate to a folder on the desktop and then open an excel worksheet:Ĭd C:\Users\Maria Winbuzzer\Desktop\wonder This trick works not just with images, but documents and basically any file on your PC that you have the software to open. Your file will open in its default program. This will list every file inside of it in CMD. If you’re unsure what your file is called, you can type ls while in a folder. We know that the file is called “cafe” and is a jpeg filetype, so to open it we can just type "cafe.jpg" and press Enter. Navigate to your desired folder with “cd”, then type your file name in quotesįor example, our file is in the “wonder” folder on our desktop. Click the dropdown arrow next to the plus icon and select “Command Prompt”. 
Right-click your Start button and press “Windows Terminal (Admin)”.
To open a file using Command Prompt, you just need to navigate to its folder and then type the file name. With that said, lets’ get started: How to Open a File in Command Prompt It won’t, however, show you how to open Command Prompt in a specific folder, as we already have a tutorial on that here. How to change directory in command promptĪs part of the process, this tutorial will briefly cover how to navigate to files in CMD.
To do so, we’ll be making use of the new Windows Terminal application, which allows you to quickly access CMD, PowerShell, and more. Today we’re going to show you how to open a file or folder in Command Prompt in Windows 11 in just a few seconds. This extends to opening files and folders, which you may want to do if you’re using a GUI-less install, or your File Explorer is broken. Many of the tasks you can perform via your UI, you can also do in Command Prompt.
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