Duplicate Open Current Folder in a New Window

Sometimes after I opened a folder in Win7, I would like to duplicate open the same folder again in another explorer window. Then, I can operated these 2 windows side by side. How to open current folder AGAIN? Sometimes, when you use a Save As operation in some application, the application popup a window with a DEFAULT folder. Could you open this DEFAULT folder in a new explorer window for you to use later? Here is the trick.

First of all, using notepad or else to create a file named open_this_folder.cmd with the following lines:

@echo off set CURRENTDRIVE=%~d1% set CURRENTDIR=%~p1% c:\windows\explorer.exe /root,"%CURRENTDRIVE%%CURRENTDIR%"

Put this file in any folder (e.g. C:\Bat)

Then go to the send-to folder using this method:

1. press Win+E to open an explorer window
2. press Alt+D to go to address bar
3. input shell:sendto
4. press ENTER

In the send-to folder, using drag-and-drop to create a shortcut to point to the open_this_folder.cmd file in C:\Bat.

Now, everything is done!

Here is the detail steps to demo this trick:

1. Go to the any folder (e.g. C:\Users)
2. Select randomly any file or sub-folder (e.g. All Users)
3. Right-click the mouse button
4. In the pop-up menu, select Send to
5. Wait for another pop-up menu and select the shortcut for open_this_folder.cmd

Then, another NEW explorer window will be opened for the current folder C:\Users. Now, there are 2 windows for the folder C:\Users on the desktop.

You can also use this trick duing a Save-As dialogue to open the current Save-As DEFAULT folder in a new explorer window. Then, after saving, you can operate the folder at once.
Alvin SIU
2020-09-23

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