Adobe AIR - Options to open folder in Windows Explorer

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Hello StackOverflow community,

Is there any way to open a folder in Windows Explorer from Adobe AIR?

It looks like these APIs won't be added until AIR 2.0, but until then are there any workarounds that can be used to enable this feature?

Thanks, Mauricio

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