To show shortcuts with FolderBrowserDialog

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Is there a way to show shortcuts using FolderBrowserDialog.

I have googled, but the closest solution is to use SaveFile Dialog - which wont work for me.

I know that shortcuts are not files or folders, but still I want to show them in FileBrowse dialog.

Posted 29-Jul-14 23:07pm

Lakamraju Raghuram

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Patrick-Et. B. 30-Jul-14 5:17am

Depends on what you are trying to do but you could use Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog to show Folders, Files and Shortcuts.

Lakamraju Raghuram 30-Jul-14 5:22am

I want to browse folders, not files. If it is the case of file browsing, I can use OpenFileDialog in C# itself, but as mentioned I need folder browsing only.
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johannesnestler · Answer 1 · 2014-07-30T00:08:00

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Hi Lakamraju Raghuram,

I'd just use the normal OpenFileDialog instead of the FolderBrowserDialog with a Filter for Shortcuts

C#

OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog();
ofd.Filter = "Shortcut|.ink";

But I don't understand your requirement - how would you know that the shortcut Points to a folder? Anyway above solution should work with no effort - of course you can always program your "SpecialDialog" - but I'd guess your requirement is just "rubbish"... maybe you want to think about it again?

Kind regards johannes

Posted 30-Jul-14 0:08am

johannesnestler

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Lakamraju Raghuram 30-Jul-14 7:04am

I have already commented on OpenFileDialog.
"rubbish" -- I donot think so. It may be odd, unconventional, but nevertheless needed to me.
Thanks for commenting.

johannesnestler 30-Jul-14 7:31am

Hi,

I see, you can't use the OFD (sorry for not reading your comments good enough)... So I think you have to create your own Dialog for this requirenment (I don't see any other easy way to do that - I did that in the past, so ask for help if needed). My comment on your requirement was not intended to offend you, but I know how such "things" arrise - because someone "higher" than you thinks it's needed. I just wanted to make shure you considered "other possible" solutions for the problem to "get a path"... So good luck with you project - try to build your dialog based on the provided .net functions types (DriveInfo.GetDrives...) - though I hope you don't need to support the shell?