Open folder in Windows Explorer from Cmd

Say if I am navigating some folder in cmd such as E:\dir1\dir2

E:\dir1\dir2>

How can I open the folder quickly in Windows Explorer? Copying the whole path and pasting seems awkward.

There is an equivalent in Mac; an open . will do that.

3 Answers

start . or explorer . will open the current directory in Windows Explorer.

explorer . 

will start Windows Explorer in the current directory.

To augment the accepted answer, if you are like me and will probably never remember start ., here is a simple batch file called explore you can put in your Environment Path:

@echo off
echo Opening %cd%
start .