Set folder browser dialog start location

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Is there any way to set the initial directory of a folder browser dialog to a non-special folder   This is what I m currently usingfdbLocation RootFolder   Environment SpecialFolder Desktop  but I want to use a path I have stored in a string something like thisfdbLocation RootFolder   myFolder This causes an error  Cannot convert  string  to  System Environment SpecialFolder

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In my case  it was an accidental double escaping   this works   SelectedPath     C  Program Files My Company My product     this doesn t   SelectedPath     C   Program Files  My Company  My product

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Set the SelectedPath property before you call ShowDialog      folderBrowserDialog1 SelectedPath     c  temp    folderBrowserDialog1 ShowDialog      Will start them at C  Temp

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Just set the SelectedPath property before calling ShowDialog   fdbLocation SelectedPath   myFolder

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To set the directory selected path and the retrieve the new directory   dlgBrowseForLogDirectory SelectedPath   m LogDirectory  if  dlgBrowseForLogDirectory ShowDialog      DialogResult OK         txtLogDirectory Text   dlgBrowseForLogDirectory SelectedPath

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Found on dotnet-snippets de  With reflection this works and sets the real RootFolder   using System  using System Reflection  using System Windows Forms   namespace YourNamespace       public class RootFolderBrowserDialog                 region Public Properties               lt summary gt                The description of the dialog               lt  summary gt          public string Description   get  set       Chose folder                    lt summary gt                The ROOT path               lt  summary gt          public string RootPath   get  set                        lt summary gt                The SelectedPath  Here is no initialization possible               lt  summary gt          public string SelectedPath   get  private set                    endregion Public Properties           region Public Methods               lt summary gt                Shows the dialog                 lt  summary gt               lt returns gt OK  if the user selected a folder or Cancel  if no folder is selected  lt  returns gt          public DialogResult ShowDialog                         var shellType   Type GetTypeFromProgID  Shell Application                var shell   Activator CreateInstance shellType               var folder   shellType InvokeMember                                BrowseForFolder   BindingFlags InvokeMethod  null                               shell  new object     0  Description  0  RootPath                  if  folder is null                                return DialogResult Cancel                            else                               var folderSelf   folder GetType   InvokeMember                                        Self   BindingFlags GetProperty  null                                       folder  null                   SelectedPath   folderSelf GetType   InvokeMember                                      Path   BindingFlags GetProperty  null                                     folderSelf  null  as string                     maybe ensure that SelectedPath is set                 return DialogResult OK                                    endregion Public Methods

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fldrDialog SelectedPath   Environment GetFolderPath Environment SpecialFolder DesktopDirectory        If the SelectedPath property is set before showing the dialog box  the folder with this path will be the selected folder  as long as SelectedPath is set to an absolute path that is a subfolder of RootFolder  or more accurately  points to a subfolder of the shell namespace represented by RootFolder      MSDN - SelectedPath      The GetFolderPath method returns the locations associated with this enumeration  The locations of these folders can have different values on different operating systems  the user can change some of the locations  and the locations are localized     Re  Desktop vs DesktopDirectory  Desktop      The logical Desktop rather than the physical file system location     DesktopDirectory       The directory used to physically   store file objects on the desktop  Do   not confuse this directory with the   desktop folder itself  which is a   virtual folder     MSDN - Special Folder Enum  MSDN - GetFolderPath

[c#] Set folder browser dialog start location

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