Pressing Win-E is an easier way to start Explorer, if you have a keyboard with the Windows key. To get it to select the current file, use the following: nmap :!start explorer /select,%:p imap To combine options to windows commands just put a comma between them. So to combine the examples given above do: :!start explorer /e,,%:p:h,/select,%:p For OS X users: nmap f :!open %:p:h Just a little bit more useful: nmap :silent !start explorer /e,,%:p:h,/select,%:p