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copied!<p>You cannot select arbitrary files on the file system. See <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh967755.aspx" rel="noreferrer">here</a> for details.</p> <p>By default you can access these locations:</p> <ul> <li>Application install directory </li> <li>Application data locations</li> <li>User’s Downloads folder</li> </ul> <p>and </p> <blockquote> <p>Additionally, your app can access some of the files on connected devices by default. This is an option if your app uses the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464906.aspx#autoplay" rel="noreferrer">AutoPlay Device extension</a> to launch automatically when users connect a device, like a camera or USB thumb drive, to their system. The files your app can access are limited to specific file types that are specified via File Type Association declarations in your app manifest. Of course, you can also gain access to files and folders on a removable device by calling the file picker (using <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.storage.pickers.fileopenpicker.aspx" rel="noreferrer">FileOpenPicker</a> and <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.storage.pickers.folderpicker.aspx" rel="noreferrer">FolderPicker</a>) and letting the user pick files and folders for your app to access. Learn how to use the file picker in <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh771180.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Quickstart: Accessing files with file pickers.</a></p> </blockquote> <p>If you have the right capabilities declared you can also access:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464936.aspx#DocumentsLibrary" rel="noreferrer">Documents Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464936.aspx#MusicLibrary" rel="noreferrer">Music Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464936.aspx#PicturesLibrary" rel="noreferrer">Picture Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464936.aspx#VideosLibrary" rel="noreferrer">Videos Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.storage.knownfolders.homegroup.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Homegroup Library</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464936.aspx#RemovableDevices" rel="noreferrer">Removable devices</a></li> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/windows.storage.knownfolders.mediaserverdevices.aspx" rel="noreferrer">Media server devices (DLNA)</a></li> <li>Universal Naming Convention (UNC) folders</li> </ul> <blockquote> <p>A combination of the following capabilities is needed. The home and work networks capability:</p> <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464936.aspx#home_and_work_networks" rel="noreferrer">PrivateNetworkClientServer</a></p> <p>And at least one internet and public networks capability:</p> <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464936.aspx#internet_and_public_networks" rel="noreferrer">InternetClient InternetClientServer</a></p> <p>And, if applicable, the domain credentials capability:</p> <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh464936.aspx#domain_credentials" rel="noreferrer">EnterpriseAuthentication</a></p> <p>Note You must add File Type Associations to your app manifest that declare specific file types that your app can access in this location.</p> </blockquote>

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