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Hi,

I use in my app a link to the sharepoint folder and that works fine. Once you click it opens in the browser the sharepoint folder.

I've synchronized the sharepoint folder to my computer and I want the app to open the Windows file explorer and there the specific folder. As I'm the only user of the app I don't mind that it would only work on my own pc..

Is it possible to let powerapps open the File Explorer?

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VishalJhaveri 1,167 Moderator on at

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No, it is not possible to open the specific folder. Don't waste your time on this requirement.
If my answer helps you please mark it as solution.

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timl 36,634 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @BodemWeter

There's no built-in way to open Windows Explorer. This is due to the security restrictions that are built into web browsers.

One way to work around this is summarised in this post.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43234988/custom-uri-protocol-designed-to-open-explorer

You would register a custom protocol on your local PC and you would write a custom app to handle that protocol. The link above includes the code for an example Java app.

Once this is done, you can call the Launch function from Power Apps to open your folder.

Launch("localdir:D:\somefolder")

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