Goto Folder where search result is stored

[JoeMarfice]

Many times when I perform a search I'm actually looking for a folder, based on the name of a file I know is stored in that folder.

I then get a series of results, that show the filenames and their respective paths, condensed ("C:\...isc Files\"). At that point, if I want to go to that directory, all I know are clumsy options, like right-click > Properties > select the path > Ctrl+C > back to XYPlorer > Ctrl+V into address bar.

Is there an easier way?

[highend]

You could right click a file in your result list and e.g. use: "Go to Focused Item"

Configuration | Menus, Mouse, Safety | Context Menus | Custom items in shell context menu
Must be enabled

Configuration | Shell Integration | 64-bit Windows | Show the 64-bit context menu
Must be disabled

to get this (and a few other) entries

Other way(s):
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P (which is: File - To Clipboard - Item Path(s)) -> Copies the path of the selected file to the clipboard -> Less mouse usage

Or:
A script on a button / keyboard shortcut, that uses the path and opens a new tab with it...

[TheQwerty]

There are also some other useful commands which you can assign keyboard shortcuts to (in the pro version):

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#1006	Miscellaneous | Go To | Go to Focused Item	 (Ctrl+Alt+Left)
#1007	Miscellaneous | Go To | Go to Focused Item in New Tab
#1008	Miscellaneous | Go To | Open Containing Folder in New Background Tab
#1043	Miscellaneous | Go To | Open Folder in New Tab
#1062	Miscellaneous | Go To | Open Folder in Other Pane
#1063	Miscellaneous | Go To | Open Folder in Other Pane in New Tab

You might also try using the '/p' search switch which will return the folders containing matching items instead of the matching items themselves.

This can be done in both quick searches:

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C:\Documents?Stuff /p

and by including ' /p' in the Name field in the Find Files tab:

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[JoeMarfice]

OK! I'd LOVE a built-in button/right-click solution, so I don't have to remember to copy my scripts everytime I install on a new machine, but... that seems to require giving up the 64-bit context menu. No dice.

But I wasn't aware of Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P = Copy Path. That's just useful. Thanks!

[TheQwerty]

that seems to require giving up the 64-bit context menu. No dice.

You don't really lose the 64-bit menu when it's disabled - it just moves a click away under the 32-bit menu's Show 64-bit Context Menu command.

Personally, I find this to be better, since outsourcing to the 64-bit menu has other trade-offs, but preferences vary.

[JoeMarfice]

You don't really lose the 64-bit menu when it's disabled - it just moves a click away under the 32-bit menu's Show 64-bit Context Menu command.

I didn't mean that I could never get it back. It's only one click away in the Config menu, too.