{"id":69685,"date":"2026-01-04T14:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/69685\/windows-open-eclipse-theiaide-folder-in-explorer\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T14:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:35:28","slug":"windows-open-eclipse-theiaide-folder-in-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/69685\/windows-open-eclipse-theiaide-folder-in-explorer\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows: Open Eclipse TheiaIDE folder in Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eclipse TheaIDE, open folder via Explorer as with Visual Studio Code.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One thing I like about Visual Studio Code is that it adds a menu entry to the explorer during installation, which allows you to open the folder directly in the editor. I use this quite often, be it to use the GIT functions or to quickly open a project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eclipse_1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"101\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eclipse_1.webp 450w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eclipse_1-300x67.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Eclipse Theia variant does not include this via the installer. But it can easily be retrofitted. Here is the template of the registry file:<\/p>\n<pre>\r\nWindows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n; Context menu for folders (right-click on folder)\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\theia]\r\n@=\"Open with Theia\"\r\n\"Icon\"=\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Eclipse Theia\\\\TheiaIDE\\\\TheiaIDE.exe,0\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\shell\\theia\\command]\r\n@=\"\\\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Eclipse Theia\\\\TheiaIDE\\\\TheiaIDE.exe\\\" \\\"%V\\\"\"\r\n\r\n; Context menu for folder background (right-click in empty area)\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\Background\\shell\\theia]\r\n@=\"Open with Theia\"\r\n\"Icon\"=\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Eclipse Theia\\\\TheiaIDE\\\\TheiaIDE.exe,0\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Directory\\Background\\shell\\theia\\command]\r\n@=\"\\\"C:\\\\Program Files\\\\Eclipse Theia\\\\TheiaIDE\\\\TheiaIDE.exe\\\" \\\"%V\\\"\"\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>If necessary, adjust the path if the software is installed in the user path. Save as a .reg file in the editor and then import by double-clicking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eclipse_2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"163\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-69683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eclipse_2.png 558w, https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eclipse_2-300x88.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The function is now also available directly in Explorer. If an error message appears, check the path. It is also important to set the slashes twice.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eclipse TheaIDE, open folder via Explorer as with Visual Studio Code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1555],"tags":[3815,2795,1558],"class_list":["post-69685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software-en","tag-eclipse-en","tag-manual","tag-windows-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekiwi-blog.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}