How to Open a Specific Folder Using Button in Java

Question

Class Onetwo

import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Onetwo extends JFrame

{
   JFrame f = new JFrame();
   JPanel p = new JPanel();    
   JButton b = new JButton("UG");    
   p.add(b);    
   f.add(p);    
   f.setSize(1030,740);    
   f.setVisible(true);    
   f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);    
}

class OpenFolder

public class OpenFolder {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException 
    {            
            Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();        
            File dirToOpen = null;
            try {        
                String path = "e:\\Doss\\";        
                Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();        
                runtime.exec("explorer.exe "+path);        
                System.out.println("open");        
            } catch (Exception E) {        
                System.out.println("File Not Found");        
            }
    }
}

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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '14 at 09:02

here is an example for you:

import java.awt.Desktop;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;

public class Main extends JFrame {
    File file = new File("C:\\");
    Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();

    public Main() {
        super("open folder demo/SuRu");
        JButton button = new JButton("Open C:\\");
        button.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
                try {
                    desktop.open(file);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        });
        add(button);
        setBounds(100, 100, 200, 200);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new Main().setVisible(true);
    }
}

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '14 at 06:06

You can use this

String FolderName="C:/name";//Write your complete path here
try {
       Runtime.getRuntime().exec("rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + FolderName);
    } catch (IOException ex) {
             Logger.getLogger(ClassName.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    }

How to Open a Specific Folder Using Button in Java

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