Function to open working directory (save area) folder in windows explorer

[thom]

Hi,

Is there a function to open (go to) the working directory (save area) folder in windows explorer, similar to how url_open opens a URL in the browser?

 

[O.Stogden]

If you were wanting to let players select a file or save a file, you could try get_open_filename_ext or get_save_filename_ext.

I don't know of a function that actually opens the standard file explorer though. You might need an extension for that.

 

[woods]

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamemaker/comments/gydsnq


Samuel Venable has extention for that ;o)

Asset - Extension - Execute Shell (for Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu)

Download from xProcess from itch.io instead; Execute Shell is no longer receiving updates in favor of xProcess which offers a lot more functionality (which can be seen in the screenshots on this page). Download here. Add me on Discord to get faster support than email: Samuel Venable#5465. MIT...

forum.yoyogames.com

 

[TsukaYuriko]

@Samuel Venable to the rescue!

Asset - Extension - Execute Shell (for Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu)

Download from xProcess from itch.io instead; Execute Shell is no longer receiving updates in favor of xProcess which offers a lot more functionality (which can be seen in the screenshots on this page). Download here. Add me on Discord to get faster support than email: Samuel Venable#5465. MIT...

forum.yoyogames.com

You can also open it in the browser via url_open because file paths are URLs too. Prefix the file path with "file:///" to specify the protocol so it opens properly.

 

[thom]

Thank you, I will try the extension.

Edit: url_open seems to work as well for opening the directory in the browser, thanks

 

[Mookal]

When I use the working_directory with url_open(), it points to the game's install/running directory, and not the save data location. How can I make it point to the save data location?
Edit: Or am I just better off using the Execute Shell extension?