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Shortcut in Visual Studio to open a solution in Windows Explorer?

Is there a keyboard shortcut in Visual Studio (currently using 2013) to open a solution (or project) in the Windows file explorer?

Currently, I usually have to open Solution Explorer, right-click on my solution or project and scroll down to “Open Folder in File Explorer”, but this becomes a time-consuming task as I have to do this often (TortoiseGit is not integrated with my IDE )

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An improvement over the @Walt_Ritscher answer I found is to assign the File.OpenContainingFolder keyboard shortcut.

Instead of first selecting a project or solution from the solution project, I can simply press the desired key combination when any file is in focus (without having to open the solution explorer) and it will open the file location in Windows Explorer, This saves time. if the focus in my solution explorer is in a file located deep in the structure of my solution browser, since I don’t have to scroll all the way back to select a project / solution before I press a key combination.

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Yes, you can add your own key combination to open the folder.

Open the Tools / Options / Keyboard dialog box. In the Show commands containing text box, type OpenFolderIn , and you will see the OpenFolderInFileExplorer command. Select a command, then assign a shortcut key. Move the cursor to Press shortcuts . Then press the desired key combination. In my example, I selected Ctrl + Shift + '. Be sure to click the Assign button to remember the key combination

Click OK and you're done.

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