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On Windows 8 when we use FolderBrowserDialog, the network drives are not displayed. It works fine if we run the same program on Windows 7 or windows xp. But in openfiledialog both these network location folder are visible. I want added network places which appear in my computer to be appear in FolderBrowserDialog window also.Is it bug with windows 8 or can i do it anyway?

UPDATE In windows 8 browse folder dialog will show mapped network place,but added network location will not appear. There are so many link about it,But none of them helped me. http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/f0073f80-cedb-4b7a-96b9-20e4b22c2424/folderbrowserdialog-does-not-show-network-drives-on-windows-8

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/767400/folderbrowserdialog-does-not-show-network-drives-on-windows-8

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  • maybe this is about the same issue mentioned on:[social.msdn.microsoft.com](http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/f0073f80-cedb-4b7a-96b9-20e4b22c2424/folderbrowserdialog-does-not-show-network-drives-on-windows-8) they mention creating a new DWORD entry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Policies/System with the name EnableLinkedConnections and value 1 – Raphael Smit Aug 19 '13 at 07:31
  • @RaphaelSmit I saw that link before posting this.I tried it but didnt work. My application is 32 bit. So should i change some other registry? – IT researcher Aug 19 '13 at 07:40
  • I don't think there's a difference between 32bit and 64bit when it comes to this registry key(in those cases 64bit resides under a "Wow6432Node" which isn't the case here) i can't reproduce this bug as i'm on win7, looks like its a diffrent issue though with the same consequences. – Raphael Smit Aug 19 '13 at 08:00
  • problem is only in windows 8. Also while creating new registry should i select dword(32-bit)value or dword(64-bit)value? – IT researcher Aug 19 '13 at 08:01
  • Can you show code you're using? It could help. There may be a new flag required, for example. – Mike Weir Aug 19 '13 at 14:13

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