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?

Answer 1

Just set the openFileDialog.InitialDirectory

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

Answer 2

Set InitialDirectory property:

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

Answer 3

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;