diff --git a/BizHawk.Common/HawkFile.cs b/BizHawk.Common/HawkFile.cs
index 03d43924fe..8a48801380 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Common/HawkFile.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Common/HawkFile.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 		public static IHawkFileArchiveHandler ArchiveHandlerFactory { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Gets a value indicating whether a bound file exists. if there is no bound file, it can't exist
+		/// Gets a value indicating whether a bound file exists. if there is no bound file, it can't exist.
+		/// NOTE: this isn't set until the file is Opened. Not too great...
 		/// </summary>
 		public bool Exists { get { return _exists; } }
 
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 		/// </summary>
 		public string Name { get { return GetBoundNameFromCanonical(MakeCanonicalName(_rootPath, _memberPath)); } }
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// returns the complete full path of the bound file, excluding the archive member portion
+		/// </summary>
+		public string FullPathWithoutMember { get { return _rootPath; } }
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// returns the extension of Name
 		/// </summary>