However, DOS declined into irrelevance during the 1990s after Microsoft released Windows 95, which introduced the Start menu. Nevertheless, Windows has retained a windowed replica of DOS in the form of the Command Prompt. That’s not entirely the same as the 1980s DOS platforms, but it has a similar command set. You can open folders and files with the Command Prompt instead of File Explorer. This is how you can open folders and files within the Command Prompt.
How can I open files and folders with the Command Prompt?
1. Open the Command Prompt
2. Opening a folder
3. Opening a file
Alternatively, you can open files in the Command Prompt without moving to their folders first. To do that, you’ll need to enter a command that includes the full folder path for the file along with the file title itself. For example, let’s suppose you need to open a file titled youcam_9.png from the path Users\mav_u\pictures. To do so, you would enter this command: That file-opening command must always include quotation marks. So, who needs File Explorer when you can open folders and files with the Command Prompt instead? Ok, the Command Prompt may not be everybody’s cup of tea; but some users might still prefer its command-line flexibility.
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