Open selected files from a windows folder

[Contro]

Windows 10
open a folder
select any of the files present on that folder
click for contextual menu and have the option to open these files : subfolder, shortcuts, programs, files associated with any program present in the pc.

Do you have the script for this ?
Best Regards

[Ath]

Just press the <Enter> key after selecting the files/folders.

[Contro]

 
Only open one folder in the case of three shorcuts to folders.
What Am I doing wrong ?

[Deozaan]

Only open one folder in the case of three shorcuts to folders.
What Am I doing wrong ?

-Contro (September 02, 2022, 12:01 PM)

You asked about opening files/programs, not opening folders.

[Contro]

Only open one folder in the case of three shorcuts to folders.
What Am I doing wrong ?

-Contro (September 02, 2022, 12:01 PM)

You asked about opening files/programs, not opening folders.

-Deozaan (September 02, 2022, 12:16 PM)

Files in a folder in the most general sense.
Excluded hidden files or system files...
 

I suppose It's not an easy task. I have tried search in web with no good result until moment.

[tomos]

Only open one folder in the case of three shorcuts to folders.
What Am I doing wrong ?

-Contro (September 02, 2022, 12:01 PM)

You asked about opening files/programs, not opening folders.

-Deozaan (September 02, 2022, 12:16 PM)

I don't use File Explorer, but this may be covered in the Settings / Options. You possibly have it limited to always opening in the same window?
EDIT// which would only allow one folder to open

[Contro]

Only open one folder in the case of three shorcuts to folders.
What Am I doing wrong ?

-Contro (September 02, 2022, 12:01 PM)

You asked about opening files/programs, not opening folders.

-Deozaan (September 02, 2022, 12:16 PM)

I don't use File Explorer, but this may be covered in the Settings / Options. You possibly have it limited to always opening in the same window?
EDIT// which would only allow one folder to open

-tomos (September 02, 2022, 03:52 PM)

In general seems a difficult subject.

I have a script made in this forum for open all url contained in a folder. With an option in the context mouse menu.
But I haven't see nothing similar for opening a set of files. Even configurable.
Open selected files from a windows folder

If simply is possible to configurate a similar option to open subfolders, programs, urls, shortcuts....

[tomos]

In general seems a difficult subject.

-Contro (September 07, 2022, 02:54 AM)

did you try what I suggested?

[tomos]

Okay, File Explorer: select items, press return

• if more than one file is selected, only one file opens
• if a file and a folder are selected, the folder opens (file doesnt open)
• if files and multiple folders are selected, the folders open (see my post about about allowing multiple instances of File Explorer) but the files do not open

In Directory Opus:
select any number of files and folders - each opens as expected (folders in seperate windows)

[Contro]

Okay, File Explorer: select items, press return

• if more than one file is selected, only one file opens
• if a file and a folder are selected, the folder opens (file doesnt open)
• if files and multiple folders are selected, the folders open (see my post about about allowing multiple instances of File Explorer) but the files do not open

In Directory Opus:
select any number of files and folders - each opens as expected (folders in seperate windows)

-tomos (September 07, 2022, 03:42 AM)

Directory Opus is a paid program.
I need only a script for this.
As you express windows explorer don't do what I am asking for.
Best regards
 

[Deozaan]

• if more than one file is selected, only one file opens

-tomos (September 07, 2022, 03:42 AM)

This surprised me because I was pretty sure selecting multiple files and pressing enter would open all of them. So I did a little testing of my own.

File Explorer in Windows 10 Version 21H2 OS Build 19044.1889.

• If I select multiple files of the same type and press enter, they all open.
• If I select multiple files of various types and press enter, whichever one I selected last might open, or none of them open.   
  • For example, if the last selected is a JPG it opens. If the last selected is a PDF it doesn't open.
  • I didn't test this extensively, but I suspect it may have more to do with the default app/program the filetype is set to be opened with than with the filetype itself.
• If I select one file and one folder, whichever one I selected last opens.
• If I select one file and a few folders, whichever one I selected last opens (either the file, or all the folders).
• If I select a few folders, they all open.
• If I select a lot of folders (~100), none of them open and I usually get an error saying "the parameter is not correct"
• If I select a lot of folders and files (~200) and press enter, nothing happens.

So basically it appears to have no rhyme or reason.

[tomos]

So basically it appears to have no rhyme or reason.

-Deozaan (September 07, 2022, 11:48 AM)

The plot thickens

[Nod5]

So basically it appears to have no rhyme or reason.

-Deozaan (September 07, 2022, 11:48 AM)

Feels like Microsoft is nerd sniping us

[publicdomain]

Do you have the script for this?

-Contro (September 02, 2022, 06:20 AM)

Hello dear Contro. The code for Enfolder/Folderize can be repurposed to open files and folders (using default program) based on file association.

Please do say if you found a solution. If not, It can be created easily as there is similar existing code to build upon.

Cheers!

[Contro]

Do you have the script for this?

-Contro (September 02, 2022, 06:20 AM)

Hello dear Contro. The code for Enfolder/Folderize can be repurposed to open files and folders (using default program) based on file association.

Please do say if you found a solution. If not, It can be created easily as there is similar existing code to build upon.

Cheers!

-publicdomain (September 07, 2022, 09:21 PM)

I haven't found an answer yet.
I would like a script launchable from the context menu to open the files that are inside a folder