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copied!<p>I customized the <code>FolderBrowser</code> dialog a couple of years ago. I made it display the input field where the user may specify a path without having to browse for it. I <em>think</em> that can be customized to show files as well as folders.</p> <p>This is how I did the customization:</p> <p>I used .NET Reflector to disassemble the code for <code>FolderBrowserDialog</code>. I saved the disassembled code as <code>MyFolderBrowserDialog</code>. </p> <p>In the reflected code I found that <code>FolderBrowserDialog</code> calls the unmanaged windows function <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762115%28v=vs.85%29.aspx" rel="nofollow"><code>SHBrowseForFolder</code></a> which accepts a <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb773205%28v=vs.85%29.aspx" rel="nofollow"><code>BROWSEINFO</code></a> struct as parameter. The <code>BROWSEINFO</code> struct has the <code>ulFlags</code> member which is a flags value that may be bitmasked to include the features you want to use.</p> <p>In <code>MyFolderBrowserDialog</code> bitmasked <code>BIF_EDITBOX (0x00000010)</code> into the <code>ulFlags</code> to get the input field.</p> <p>According to the documentation if you bitmask <code>BIF_BROWSEINCLUDEFILES (0x00004000)</code> into <code>ulFlags</code> it should include files as well as folders and thus solve your problem. </p> <p>I haven't actually tried to get it to display files, but I think it may be worth a shot.</p> <p>Hope this helps!</p>

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