how to open windows explorer with search result from python

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To open Windows Explorer with a specific search result from Python, you can use the subprocess module to execute the appropriate command. Here's how you can do it:

python
import subprocess

search_query = "your search query"

# Construct the command to open Windows Explorer with search results
command = ['explorer.exe', '/select,', search_query]

# Execute the command
subprocess.run(command)

Replace "your search query" with the actual search query you want to use. This script uses the explorer.exe command-line utility to open Windows Explorer and select the specified search result.

Keep in mind that this approach selects the search result but doesn't automatically open it. The user will need to manually open the selected file or folder. If you want to open the selected item directly, you may need to construct the appropriate command based on the item type (file or folder) and use subprocess.run accordingly.