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Re: 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 Re: Problem : BrowseForFolder returns "The system cannot find the file specified"
Date 2025-12-16 14:26 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <10hrmma$2otb8$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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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

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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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