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shbrowseforfolder (shell32)
 
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Summary

C# Signature:

[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr SHBrowseForFolder(ref BROWSEINFO lpbi);

User-Defined Types:

None.

Notes:

If using .net version 1.1 or greater, you can use the

System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog

instead -- as long as you are only browsing for folders!

If you want to browse for computers or printers, the .Net

version does not seem to support this.

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