FolderBrowserDialog Control in Windows Forms

Browse for folder dialog box is used to select a folder to save or open a file. Most often you may need to select a particular folder to open or save a file in windows based application. It enables user to select any folder on system and to retrieve the path of a folder selected by the user.
Following image shows the Browse for Folder dialog box:

This dialog box is similar to open file dialog box except that it enables user to work with folders. To show this type of dialog box just add Folder Browser Dialog box from toolbox or create an object of this class.

Write folderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog(); in the click event of button.

To open the default browse for dialog box write the following code in the click event of a button:

private void folderBrowse_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
FolderBrowserDialog folderBrowserDialog = new FolderBrowserDialog();
folderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog();
}

See also: OpenFileDialog Box Control