Open Windows Explorer from Cygwin prompt

[Christian Franke]

Vincent Rivière wrote:
> Did you know ?
>
> You can open the Windows Explorer from the Cygwin bash prompt simply 
> by typing:
>   cygstart .
>
> The Explorer shows the contents of the current bash directory.
> That's very handy, I have been using that tip for years.
>

Cygstart is not needed in this case. Explorer can be launched directly.
This works from cmd.exe and from any cygwin shell:

   explorer .

Note that privilege elevation is not inherited from shell to explorer.

-- 
Christian Franke


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