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

From "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.lang.vbscript, alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.windows7.general
Subject Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified"
Date 2025-12-16 11:26 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <10hrc4h$2iqoi$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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Hello all,

XPsp3

I have the need to select a file, and found "BrowseFolFolder" should be able 
to do it.

The problem is that no matter the path or the file selected, all I get is a 
"The system cannot find the file specified" error.

The stripped-down example :

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Set shell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
call shell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Choose a file:", &H4000, "c:\")
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I do not see what might be going wrong here.  Help ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-12-16 11:26 +0100
  Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-16 07:53 -0500
    Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-12-16 14:26 +0100
  Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2025-12-16 08:54 -0800
    Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-12-16 12:05 -0500
    Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-12-16 19:58 +0100
  Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" JJ <jj4public@gmail.com> - 2025-12-17 09:15 +0700
    Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-12-17 07:17 +0100
      Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified" "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-12-17 09:04 +0100

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