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1) and 2) don't work. Debug window doesn't show any error, but saying "Action Chains: chain (test Open With) finished in: 0:00:00.078117"

3) works. And I personally prefer this. Looks pretty much easy to understand. Even if 1 and 2 worked, I would use 3) as it doesn't require external setup.

If "containing folder" is selected, the variable name is still {inputfile}?