How to open Folder with Windows Explorer

[EED85]

What system are you running Yazi on?

Windows

What terminal are you running Yazi in?

powershell

yazi --debug output

Yazi
    Version: 26.1.22 (4e0acf8 2026-01-22)
    Debug  : false
    Triple : x86_64-pc-windows-msvc (windows-x86_64)
    Rustc  : 1.93.0 (254b5960 2026-01-19)

Ya
    Version: 26.1.22 (4e0acf8 2026-01-22)

Config
    Init             : ...\yazi\config\init.lua (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. (os error 2))
    Yazi             : ...\yazi\config\yazi.toml (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. (os error 2))
    Keymap           : ...\yazi\config\keymap.toml (152 chars)
    Theme            : ...\privat\yazi\config\theme.toml (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. (os error 2))
    VFS              : ...\yazi\config\vfs.toml (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. (os error 2))
    Package          : ...\yazi\config\package.toml (Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden. (os error 2))
    Dark/light flavor: "" / ""

Emulator
    TERM                : None
    TERM_PROGRAM        : None
    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: None
    Brand.from_env      : Some(Microsoft)
    Emulator.detect     : Emulator { kind: Left(Microsoft), version: "", light: false, csi_16t: (10, 20), force_16t: true }

Adapter
    Adapter.matches    : Sixel
    Dimension.available: Dimension { rows: 52, columns: 168, width: 0, height: 0 }

Desktop
    XDG_SESSION_TYPE           : None
    WAYLAND_DISPLAY            : None
    DISPLAY                    : None
    SWAYSOCK                   : None
    HYPRLAND_INSTANCE_SIGNATURE: None
    WAYFIRE_SOCKET             : None

SSH
    shared.in_ssh_connection: false

WSL
    WSL: false

Variables
    SHELL              : None
    EDITOR             : None
    VISUAL             : None
    YAZI_FILE_ONE      : Some("C:\\Program Files\\Git\\usr\\bin\\file.exe")
    YAZI_CONFIG_HOME   : Some("...\\yazi\\config")
    YAZI_ZOXIDE_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_OPTS   : None
    FZF_DEFAULT_COMMAND: None

Text Opener
    default     : Some(OpenerRule { run: "code %s", block: false, orphan: true, desc: "code", for: None, spread: true })
    block-create: Some(OpenerRule { run: "code -w %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "code (block)", for: None, spread: true })
    block-rename: Some(OpenerRule { run: "code -w %s", block: true, orphan: false, desc: "code (block)", for: None, spread: true })

Multiplexers
    TMUX               : false
    tmux version       : program not found
    tmux build flags   : enable-sixel=Unknown
    ZELLIJ_SESSION_NAME: None
    Zellij version     : program not found

Dependencies
    file          : 5.46
    ueberzugpp    : program not found
    ffmpeg/ffprobe: 8.0.1 / 8.0.1
    pdftoppm      : 25.07.0
    magick        : 7.1.2-13
    fzf           : 0.67.0
    fd/fdfind     : 10.3.0 / program not found
    rg            : 15.1.0
    chafa         : program not found
    zoxide        : 0.9.9
    7zz/7z        : program not found / program not found
    resvg         : program not found
    jq            : 1.8.1

Clipboard
    wl-copy/paste: program not found / program not found
    xclip        : program not found
    xsel         : program not found

Routine
    `file -bL --mime-type`: text/plain


See https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/plugins/overview#debugging on how to enable logging or debug runtime errors.

Describe the question

When pressing enter on a folder, the folder gets opened in Vscode.
I want to change the behavior : Please open the folder in the Windows File Explorer instead.

just discussed 30 minutes with chatgpt, read the docs, nothing helped yet.
I really like yazi, but this would make yazi much more usable for me.

Anything else?

No response

Checklist

• I have read all the documentation
• I have searched the existing discussions/issues

[sxyazi]

You can use the open opener for directories by doing:

[open]
prepend_rules = [
  { url = "*/", use = "open" },
]

in your yazi.toml.

Doc of [open]: https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/configuration/yazi#open

[EED85]

Thanks a lot! First tests are doing great.

Folders are not exolicity mentioned in the docs, i did not come up with this idea!