How to specifiy rootfolder with openFileDialog

Question

With folderBrowseDialog you can show the top level of the folder which will be shown initially. However that feature is not there on openFileDialog.

I want to let the user open files from a specific folder only. How do I specify the folder?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 26 '14 at 18:07

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Set InitialDirectory property:

OpenFileDialog dialog = new OpenFileDialog();
dialog.InitialDirectory = @"D:\SomeFolder";
dialog.ShowDialog();

answered Jan 26 '14 at 18:07

Rohit Vats

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Thanks! But incase the files are in a different folder. Need to point to the application's folder no matter where it is – Gawjus Gurl Jan 30 '14 at 16:19
I have a folder named object_files in my project folder and i need the file opened to be copied there. So in order to mention the destination folder. rather than typing the long path i want to find a way to specify the path. And the path may change if the project folder is moved elsewhere. – Gawjus Gurl Jan 30 '14 at 16:37

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 26 '14 at 18:07

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Just set the openFileDialog.InitialDirectory

OpenFileDialog openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = @"C:\";
openFileDialog.ShowDialog();

answered Jan 26 '14 at 18:07

BRAHIM Kamel

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How can i restrict the user from accessing other folders? can i lock them? – Gawjus Gurl Jan 30 '14 at 16:46
you should be an administarator of your system to this – BRAHIM Kamel Jan 30 '14 at 16:47

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 03 '20 at 16:23

Gawjus, answering your question "How can I restrict the user from accessing other folders? can I lock them?", you can use Environment Special Folder as per code below, but as far I know you cannot define a custom folder, there are some options available. Another way it's to create an UserControl that list only files from a specific folder. Doing that you can have more control how it will behave.

ofd.RootFolder = Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments;

How to specifiy rootfolder with openFileDialog

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