# Link to folder in file explorer

**URL:** <https://community.tulip.co/t/link-to-folder-in-file-explorer/4341>\
**Category:** Support, Troubleshooting, & Help\
**Created:** [January 10, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/link-to-folder-in-file-explorer/4341 "2022-01-10T13:52:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![h.koren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ec9cab/32.png) [@h.koren](https://community.tulip.co/u/h.koren)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/link-to-folder-in-file-explorer/4341/1 "2022-01-10T13:52:47Z")

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Hello,  
Is it possible that when I press the button that the Explorer opens a specific folder so that eg drawings can be looked up?  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/f/fa14af9b577359ec2dfde25cafedbee3aa35954a.png)

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/8/8f8ed314cb03b1e97c5729e10656e30eefd3c8fa.png)

Thanks Henk

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**Author:** ![jla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jla](https://community.tulip.co/u/jla)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/link-to-folder-in-file-explorer/4341/2 "2022-01-10T16:21:07Z")

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I don’t believe Tulip will let you open the file explorer through the player however one thing you could do is to store the path, file names, and parent folder to a tulip table then display that table filtered by folder to the user. They could then click on the file they want then you could open that file through tulip using the Open File action on a trigger connected to the table. You would however have to ensure the table is up to date.

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**Author:** ![jjj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/jjj/32/4542_2.png) [@jjj](https://community.tulip.co/u/jjj)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/link-to-folder-in-file-explorer/4341/3 "2022-03-31T02:27:20Z")

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Yes, you can trick the Open File command to open a folder. Just name your folder “Foldername.txt” or any other file type that can be open. Then your trigger can “Open file” from a static value, being your new modified folder directory.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/agilemfg/original/2X/6/6c0d6cf69ca6e58e1edad6ccffe6194c1c03938a.png)

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**Author:** ![Pete\_Hartnett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tulip.co/pete_hartnett/32/3678_2.png) [@Pete\_Hartnett](https://community.tulip.co/u/Pete_Hartnett)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.tulip.co/t/link-to-folder-in-file-explorer/4341/4 "2022-09-13T19:46:02Z")

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Files are now supported in tables! Check out the release notes here:

> [@Release 236 - September 2022](https://community.tulip.co/t/release-236-september-2022/6366):
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> This release is a bit shorter but don’t let that fool you… there are some really exciting updates in this release! Rolling out to most accounts on 9/14, users can now upload PDFs and other file types into Tulip tables! [image] [image] iphone App Editor You can now add triggers to input components that fire when the enter key is pressed This is a very exciting update… you can now store documents in Tulip tables! This includes PDF, XLSX, DOCX, STL files and more. Files can be uploaded dire…

Pete