The context menu will have a ‘Copy as path’ option. Hold down the Shift key, and right-click the item. Open the folder with the file or folder that you want to copy the path for resides in. This method works more or less in the same way that the Copy Path button on the File Explorer ribbon does. The path will be enclosed in double-quotes so you can paste it straight into a script or terminal window. Click it and the path to the item will be copied to your clipboard. Select the item, and on the ribbon, select the Home tab. Open the folder that contains the file or folder that you want to get the complete path to. This method is the easiest of all methods on this list and it works for both files and folders. Make sure you copy and paste the file name so that there is less room for error. If you’re doing this for a file, you will have to manually copy the name and extension of the file and append it to the end of the path yourself.
The shortcoming with this method is that it can only give you the path to the current folder.
By default, the path is shown in a more user-friendly and easy to read format but if you click inside the location bar, it will change to an actual path that you can copy to the clipboard. The File Explorer location bar shows you which folder you’re currently in.
