If I set the default folder as D:\Files\Tests, I can use the browser to go
to D:\Files\Tests\July, but not to D:\Files.

You have to set the root as high as you want users to be able to go.
Perhaps "D:\" in your case. To give them complete freedom pass in zero as
the root.


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Jim Rech
Excel MVP
"Ken McLennan" wrote in message
.. .
| G'day there One & All,
|
| I'm sure that I've seen my problem posted here (and on various
| sites) before, but I can't seem to get the right terms for a search. I
| either get no responses, or thousands of them that aren't quite right.
|
| My situation is that I'm using Chip Pearson's Browse for Folder
| code as found on his website. It's working just fine, however it isn't
| quite doing what I need. The browser works just as expected, but I can't
| go back up the file system from whatever I've set as a start point.
|
| e.g. If I set the default folder as D:\Files\Tests, I can use the
| browser to go to D:\Files\Tests\July, but not to D:\Files.
|
| It wouldn't be a problem except that there's no guarantee my users
| will be using a constant file setup. They could have their folders named
| totally arbitrarily and perhaps on other disks.
|
| Can someone please point me to a site that explains what to do?
| I'm sure I've found it somewhere previously, but it's evading me
| entirely at the moment.
|
| Thanks in advance
| Ken McLennan
| Qld, Australia