[python-win32] Find Target

[Tim Roberts]

Rickey, Kyle W wrote:
> Tim, thanks for your patience :). I think I'm still miscommunicating to
> you what I need to do. Let's throw the whole shortcut idea out the
> window and start from scratch.
>
> My code generates a file, I want to open the directory (which is known)
> containing that file and select it. Since I can open the directory with
> os.startfile(), do I still need to get the hwnd of the explorer window
> and get the listctrl etc., or is there a simpler way to select a file?
>   

You're in luck!  There IS a simple solution to the problem as you just 
stated it:

    explorer  /select,c:\windows\notepad.exe

For future reference, here's a knowledge base article that describes the 
command-line parameters to explorer:
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130510

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.