Catalog/imagecatalog/Services/PathShellService.cs

using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;

namespace ImageCatalog_2.Services;

public static class PathShellService
{
    public static void OpenInExplorer(string? path)
    {
        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
        {
            return;
        }

        var normalizedPath = path.Trim().Trim('"');

        try
        {
            if (File.Exists(normalizedPath))
            {
                Process.Start("explorer.exe", $"/select,\"{normalizedPath}\"");
                return;
            }

            if (Directory.Exists(normalizedPath))
            {
                Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
                {
                    FileName = normalizedPath,
                    UseShellExecute = true
                });
                return;
            }

            var containingDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(normalizedPath);
            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(containingDirectory) && Directory.Exists(containingDirectory))
            {
                Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo
                {
                    FileName = containingDirectory,
                    UseShellExecute = true
                });
            }
        }
        catch
        {
            // Ignore failures when opening Explorer.
        }
    }
}