import win32con from win32com.shell import shell, shellcon def ExplorePIDL(): pidl = shell.SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(0, shellcon.CSIDL_DESKTOP) print("The desktop is at", shell.SHGetPathFromIDList(pidl)) shell.ShellExecuteEx( fMask=shellcon.SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS, nShow=win32con.SW_NORMAL, lpClass="folder", lpVerb="explore", lpIDList=pidl, ) print("Done!") if __name__ == "__main__": ExplorePIDL()