Can't open selected file in windows explorer from application

[mrjj]

@Niagarer
so it should just open explorer and show file as selected ?

you code works for me on win 10.
It will open the drive and have the file selected.

QStringList args;
  args << "/select," << QDir::toNativeSeparators("c:/degree-angles.png");
  QProcess::startDetached("explorer", args);

Tried a few different file and all types seems to work.

[Niagarer]

@mrjj
Ok weird then, I also tried on win 10 ...
I can't find differences between the files I tried... only MTTH.txt works

update
Oh, ok it seems to be a general problem with my system... I also can't open it from cmd like you tried... it opens my dcuments then... So it seems not to be a qt problem

[mrjj]

@Niagarer
All files work here. Even folders.
I also tried other drives and so i agree must be something locally
in your system. ( no idea what though)

[Niagarer]

@mrjj
Ok, yes I even can't open the MTTH.txt file from cmd, it just opens my documents folder every time...
I have no idea... I hope I can fix this
Thanks for your help!

I can open the files with a notepad, but not with the explorer. So my explorer seems to be sick.
I will update anyways when I have a solution

[mrjj]

Hi
For test, try disable any extra virus scanner you have installed.

[Niagarer]

@mrjj
Good point,
unfortunately doesn't help :/

[mrjj]

@Niagarer
Would have been too easy. ;)

did you try with quotes ?
explorer.exe /select,"e:\test.txt"
(in cmd)

[Niagarer]

@mrjj
Yup, unfortunately also no solution... but then it does not open my documents folder, it just open the explorer
Slowly but surely it start to get funny

update
When I try to select, it just opens the explorer, if not, it opens the documents folder

[mrjj]

well it does open docs here too if no /select
if i do
.. /select,"file that dont exists"
it opens "This PC"

[Niagarer]

@mrjj
yes, the weird thing is, that the explorer defiantely knows the file. I even can search in the explorer search line and it finds the file.
But as you wrote, from cmd it can't find the file...
I can navigate to the right folder on the G drive, it still can't find the file

[mrjj]

@Niagarer
But its only /select that is broken correct?
if you do other commands it does work?
like
type e:\test.txt

[Niagarer]

@mrjj
No, I don't think so.
All the following commands don't work:

// here it says, it could find that file... it is definately there
notepad G:/test.txt

explorer G:/

explorer /select G:/test.txt

[mrjj]

@Niagarer
and g:\ is just another hard drive or partition ?
Like c:\ ?

But it dont work at c:\ either so must be something broken in your windows.

[mrjj]

Oh
in cmd
you must use \ that slash. not / .

Qt makes it possible to use / but windows dont know it natively.

[Niagarer]

@mrjj
Ok, I got it. Yes G is just another drive and it didn't work on any drive because:
I also noticed this \ and / thing and this was one of my mistakes.
Another thing, why cmd could not find one of my test.txt files I tried to open was that I named it test.txt (so the actual file name was test.txt.txt as my browser told me <facepalm x3>).
And one last thing, that is no less stupid is, that I sent the path from another object and this object did not send the .txt ending. Baad day :D
And I copied the path of some text files from the explorer and tried these, but the \ made it not working.
I thought that

QDir::toNativeSeperators(pathIn);

would fix \ to / (or \ on windows), but that seems to be wrong. It just takes normal paths with / and translates it to \ on windows http://doc.qt.io/qt-4.8/qdir.html#toNativeSeparators

Thank you very much for you help!

[mrjj]

Ahh that is a classic :)))
I forgot about it.

Most stupid settings the history of windows as renaming the file will not actually work and you
get 2 x extension.