how to set directory to "MyComputer"

[barbara_dave]

Hi, all,


I like to know to how to set fileopendialog inital directory to
"MyComputer".

Thanks

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thorsten_D=F6rfler?=]

I like to know to how to set fileopendialog inital directory to
"MyComputer".

Use the CLSID prefixed by two colons:

Const STR_MYCOMPUTER_CLSID As String = _
"{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}" ' My Computer

OpenFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "::" & STR_MYCOMPUTER_CLSID
OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog

Thorsten Doerfler

 

[Crouchie1998]

As far as I am aware you cannot

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE

 

[barbara_dave]

Hi Thorsten,

I tried the code below, it seems setting initial directory to "A\:"
instead of "MyComputer". Maybe the const string value is wrong.

Thanks

Barbara

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I tried the code below, it seems setting initial directory to "A\:"
instead of "MyComputer". Maybe the const string value is wrong.

Thorsten's code works perfectly on my German Windows XP Professional SP2
machine running .NET 1.1 SP1.