How to Browse files from folder without open it

Question

I work with this code to open folder and browse files from it, but i need to get this files without open folder,when I run my program automatically load this files, I try to use GetFiles() but didn't work with me when apply the filter for files i want to select
this is my code

OpenFileDialog dlg = new OpenFileDialog();             
dlg.InitialDirectory = @"C:\Users\ahmed\Desktop\samples";
dlg.Filter = "Gestures (*.xml)|*.xml";
dlg.Title = "Load Gestures";
dlg.RestoreDirectory = false;
dlg.Multiselect = true;

if (dlg.ShowDialog(this) == DialogResult.OK)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < dlg.FileNames.Length; i++)
    {
        string name = dlg.FileNames[i];
        _rec.LoadGesture(name);
    }
    ReloadViewForm();
}

@Ahmed Elzeiny Since you edited the question, you can use Linq like these Directory.GetFiles().ToList().Select(fname=>fname.contains(".xml")).ToList() — kanchirk, May 24 '15 at 11:44

NeddySpaghetti · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-24T11:52:44.317

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Try using Directory.GetFiles. It returns the names of files (including their paths) in the specified directory.

var files = Directory.GetFiles("C:\\");

foreach (var file in files)
{
    var fileInfo = new FileInfo(file);
    Console.WriteLine(fileInfo.Name);
}

edited May 24 '15 at 11:52

answered May 24 '15 at 11:43

NeddySpaghetti

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I try it but can't get files name – mbugr May 24 '15 at 11:47

How to Browse files from folder without open it

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