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Open selected files from a windows folder

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Deozaan:

* if more than one file is selected, only one file opens-tomos (September 07, 2022, 03:42 AM)
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:-\ 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)
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The plot thickens ;D

Nod5:
So basically it appears to have no rhyme or reason.
-Deozaan (September 07, 2022, 11:48 AM)
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Feels like Microsoft is nerd sniping us ;D

publicdomain:
Do you have the script for this?-Contro (September 02, 2022, 06:20 AM)
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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)
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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)
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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

 :-* :P

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