We use explorer /select command with the file path to open the file in windows explorer. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/152457 But on multiple invocations it opens a new window everytime. I am invoking the command from a java application using the process runtime APIs.
is it possible to have one window being opened ?. For e.g. if an explorer with c:/A is being opened ,repeated invocation of the same command must open the same window which is opened. ?
cheers
Saurav
It seems that your problem does not have a simple solution. According to my understanding the "window sharing" of expplorer is not the explorer's feature. Please take a look on the following article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/241911
(Although this article is talking about Internet Explorer I guess it is relevant for file exploerer as well).
According to my user experience the window sharing happens only when you are getting to directory via some kind of shortcut and does not happen when you are running explorer explicitly. For example if you type in "run" window "explorer" the new window is always created, however if you type "c:\" the window will be re-used.
You want to execute explorer with specific option, so you have to run it explicitly, therefore no window re-use can be achieved.
But I can suggest you 2 workarounds.
/select option. "Run" the base directory of the file you want to select. This will guarantee the window reuse. Then "select" file using java.awt.Robot by "typing" its name.In Java Swing how do you get a Win32 window handle (hwnd) reference to a window?
