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How to open Webstorm projects directly from a folder in Windows Explorer?

Is there a way to launch Webstorm so it opens a selected folder in Windows Explorer?

Instead of:

  • launching Webstorm (possibly on a different project from its last session);
  • closing the current project;
  • browsing for the desired project in the project wizard panel;
  • finally, opening it.

Something like:

  • Setup (a one time thing, per projects) a shortcut to Webstorm with an argument pointing to the given project.
  • Then you could just double-click that shortcut to start it off from that project!

Is there anything like this that exists? Or a way to register any folder with an .idea subfolder to have an "open with... -> Webstorm" right-click option?

Solution

  • Nevermind, figured it out.

    The icon shortcut works by simply adding the whole path to your project as an argument to the Shortcut Target, like so:
    (obviously, you can copy-paste it instead of typing it all by hand)

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    If you have multiple shortcuts setup and you open each ones, as far as I can tell... it opens them in separate Webstorm windows, leaving the previous one open. So you can jump between projects a bit more efficiently this way.