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I have a script that I need to ask the user to select the folder where reside two subfolders that contain each one file that are needed to be read. Kind of giving their directory.

I was thinking about a pop up where they choose the folder. There is tkinter that is supposed to do it but I can't make it work. Maybe if the user puts the script file in that specific folder where the subfolders with the files are located, it would render searching the folder easier?? It would be nice to make it as easy as possible for the user.

The changes in this module have make it difficult to work with. What do you think?

from tkinter.filedialog import askdirectory
path=askdirectory()

I also did this where the comment suggests but it keeps running and nonthing is happening:

import tkinter as tk
from tkinter import filedialog

root = tk.Tk()
root.withdraw()

file_path = filedialog.askopenfilename()
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  • duplicate to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9319317/quick-and-easy-file-dialog-in-python – Ywapom Jun 14 '18 at 15:11
  • In the code at the end, you forgot `mainloop()` as the final line. – Artemis Jun 15 '18 at 20:05
  • What is your platform? I am running the above code (even without `mainloop()`) and I get the dialog box. Flagging as no-repro – Artemis Jun 16 '18 at 16:23

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Try following, worked for me.

from tkinter import Tk
from tkinter.filedialog import askdirectory
path = askdirectory(title='Select Folder') # shows dialog box and return the path
print(path)
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Another way to do this is using promptlib. You may have to install it with pip install promptlib.

To use it:

import promptlib

prompter = promptlib.Files()

dir = prompter.dir()
file = prompter.file()

print(dir, '\n', file)
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