diff --git a/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/general/StartBrowser.java b/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/general/DesktopActions.java
similarity index 54%
rename from Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/general/StartBrowser.java
rename to Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/general/DesktopActions.java
index 788a67686c..defc0bd3da 100644
--- a/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/general/StartBrowser.java
+++ b/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/general/DesktopActions.java
@@ -13,15 +13,27 @@
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 import java.awt.Desktop;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
-public class StartBrowser
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+
+public class DesktopActions
 {
-    public static void openURL(String url) throws Exception
-    {
+    public static void openURL(String url) throws IOException, URISyntaxException {
         if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported() && Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Desktop.Action.BROWSE)) {
             Desktop.getDesktop().browse(new URI(url));
         } else {
-            System.err.println("Opening websites URLs is not supported on this platform or machine");
+            throw new IOException("Opening websites URLs is not supported on this platform or machine");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void openFileOrDirectory(File file) throws IOException {
+        if (Desktop.isDesktopSupported() && Desktop.getDesktop().isSupported(Desktop.Action.OPEN)) {
+            Desktop desktop = Desktop.getDesktop();
+            desktop.open(file);
+        } else {
+            throw new IOException("Opening directories is not supported on this platform or machine");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/menu/FileMenu.java b/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/menu/FileMenu.java
index 6b79b6deb5..da69bd8a45 100644
--- a/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/menu/FileMenu.java
+++ b/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/menu/FileMenu.java
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
  ********************************************************************************************/
 package edu.umich.soar.debugger.menu;
 
+import edu.umich.soar.debugger.general.AppProperties;
+import edu.umich.soar.debugger.general.DesktopActions;
 import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Menu;
 
 import sml.ClientAnalyzedXML;
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@
 import edu.umich.soar.debugger.doc.Document;
 import edu.umich.soar.debugger.general.SaveLoad;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 /********************************************************************************************
  *
  * The file menu
@@ -107,6 +111,15 @@ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
         }
     };
 
+    private final AbstractAction m_Open = new AbstractAction("&Browse settings files...")
+    {
+        @Override
+        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
+        {
+            openSettingsPerformed(e);
+        }
+    };
+
     private final AbstractAction m_Exit = new AbstractAction("E&xit")
     {
         @Override
@@ -147,6 +160,8 @@ private BaseMenu makeMenu(Menu parent, String title)
         menu.add(m_Load);
         menu.add(m_Save);
         menu.addSeparator();
+        menu.add(m_Open);
+        menu.addSeparator();
         menu.add(m_Exit);
 
         return menu;
@@ -333,6 +348,20 @@ public void loadPerformed(ActionEvent e)
         }
     }
 
+    public void openSettingsPerformed(ActionEvent event) {
+        File settingsDir = AppProperties.GetSettingsFilePath("");
+        try
+        {
+            DesktopActions.openFileOrDirectory(settingsDir);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            m_Frame.ShowMessageBox("Error opening directory " + settingsDir, e
+                .getLocalizedMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+
     /** Save the current window layout */
     public void savePerformed(ActionEvent e)
     {
diff --git a/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/menu/HelpMenu.java b/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/menu/HelpMenu.java
index 93b18c8fad..81a5ee7e30 100644
--- a/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/menu/HelpMenu.java
+++ b/Java/Debugger/src/edu/umich/soar/debugger/menu/HelpMenu.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 import edu.umich.soar.debugger.MainFrame;
 import edu.umich.soar.debugger.doc.Document;
 import edu.umich.soar.debugger.general.OSName;
-import edu.umich.soar.debugger.general.StartBrowser;
+import edu.umich.soar.debugger.general.DesktopActions;
 
 public class HelpMenu
 {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ private void open(String url)
     {
         try
         {
-            StartBrowser.openURL(url);
+            DesktopActions.openURL(url);
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {