Show the full path in Windows Explorer? This is how!

Stefan
Show the full path in Windows Explorer? This is how!

If you regularly use Windows Explorer, I expect that you also regularly work with the title bar in Explorer.

The title bar can be used to identify which folder Windows Explorer is currently open in. By default, Windows Explorer uses aliases to show which folder is currently open.

You often only see the folder name and not the full path including drive letter and other parent folders. By displaying the full path in the title bar of Windows Explorer, you immediately have more insight into which folder is open.

This article shows you how to display the full path in Windows Explorer on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.

Show the full path in Windows Explorer

Show full path in Windows Explorer on a Windows 10 PC

Open Windows Explorer. Then click on “View” in the menu (“the ribbon”) and then “Options” to open the folder options.

Open folder options

In the folder options, click on the “View” tab and enable the next option “Show the full path in the title bar”.

Show the full path in the title bar in Windows Explorer for Windows 10

Then click the Apply button and then OK to confirm. After this, you will see the full path in the title bar.

Full path in Windows Explorer title bar on a Windows 10 PC

Show full path in Windows Explorer on a Windows 11 PC

Open Windows Explorer. Then click in the 3 horizontal dots to open the menu.

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In the menu, click Options to open the Windows Explorer folder options.

Windows 11 explorer open folder options

Then click on the “View” tab in the folder options and then enable the “Show the full path in the title bar” option.

Show the full path in the title bar in Windows 11

You will now see the full path to a file or folder in the Windows Explorer title bar.

Full path to a folder or file in the title bar on a Windows 11 PC

I hope this helped you. There are even more adjustments you can make to Windows Explorer.

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