Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified"

"R.Wieser" <[email protected]> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:26:30 +0100
Newsgroups alt.comp.lang.vbscript,alt.comp.os.windows-xp,alt.windows7.general
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Paul,

> When presented with your code, CoPilot sez:
>
> This code selects a folder.
>
> Set shell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
> Set folder = shell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Choose a folder:", &H4000, "c:\")

Than its hallucinating.  The &H4000 means "The browse dialog box displays 
files as well as folders.".  Which it does.

> This code selects a file. We'll see in a moment, what the Copilot is up 
> to.
>
> Set dialog = CreateObject("UserAccounts.CommonDialog")
> dialog.Filter = "All Files|*.*"
> dialog.FilterIndex = 1
> dialog.InitialDir = "C:\"
> dialog.ShowOpen

Damn.  Before posting I googed for a VBScript file-selection copability, and 
did not see that one come by. :-\

But, I just tested if it would work for me, and it does.  So, thank you. :-)

I have to say, I didn't even know about the existance of that "UserAccounts" 
object. Something to look into (new stuff and all that).

Regards,
Rudy Wieser