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Open Folder in Windows

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schwarem

schwarem

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I have a Windows Form application using C++ .Net. How do I open up a folder in Windows from my C++ code? I have a variable outputDirectory that contains a string of the path.
 
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I tried the code below, but I am getting a compile error.

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ShellExecute (NULL, "explore" ,outputDirectory, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL);

I get the error below:
error C2664: 'ShellExecuteW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [8]' to 'LPCWSTR'
 
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You have UNICODE mode in your project. Try L"explore".
 
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