Is there a way to find the location of an open file?

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the prompt response.  That works for File Explorer; however, I should've been more clear - for apps in general, for instance, I'm working on the app, Sketchup, and even with your suggestion, all I see is the filename in the titlebar still.

Some are probably thinking, I have the file open so, shouldn't I know where the file is saved - for most instances, yes, I would know where it's saved, but sometimes at my age when my RAM ain't working optimally, I tend to lose sight of that info.

Thanks!

Hi Dan,

Unfortunately, "Save As..." doesn't work for all apps.  Too bad it's not a hover-over title bar feature or something more built-in to Windows.

If anyone else has a consistent way of finding this information, please lemme know.

Thanks!

Regards,

Hi Dan,

I'm aware of the Open File Location command - that doesn't apply in my scenario. 

My scenario is I have a file already open in a particular app, say Microsoft Word, and I want to quickly check where this particular file that I'm saving is being saved to or I want to quickly open the folder where it's being saved. 

Was super handy in MacOS - all I had to do is right-click on filename in titlebar.

That's too bad - I think if it was built-in to the normal-single click of the filename in the titlebar, it would be a silently used but often-handy feature to have.

As per your suggestion, I've gone ahead and sent this suggestion via the Feedback Hub - if anyone can help upvote it that would be great:

https://aka.ms/AA99idb

A summary of my suggestion in the link above:

Find the location of a file that is already open in an app:

This feature in MacOS is a subtle one but a very handy one: when I have a file open in an app, let's say, MS Word, and I need to know where the file is saving to OR I need to quickly open that folder, all I had to do is right click on the filename up in the titlebar of the app and it would display the path of the file in a vertical orientation - from this display, I would know where the file is AND if I wanted to, I would simply click on any of the folders in that path that I wanted to open up in the Finder window - I don't think this is a Apple-patented feature and as a reconverted Windows user, I'm sure this can easily be subtly included in a future update where I do a normal-click on the file name up in the titlebar and instead of no action (current), the user would get a context-rich drop-down menu which would include, in addition to the full address path, a bunch of existing File Explorer commands such as, "Copy", "Send to", "Open file location".

I know it's a fat chance that the Windows team will have any interest in copying what already exists in MacOS but here's to hoping.

Thanks!