Jenny, I believe you can do this in Windows Explorer. In Win 2000 the steps
a

1) Open Explorer
2) Navigate to any folder
3) Change the folder to display as you would like.
4) Select ToolsFolder OptionsView
5) At the top of the views tab select the button "Like Current Folder"

-BV
"Jenny" wrote in message
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Is there anyway to get the open dialog to automatically display in details
view instead of list view. I want to open the dialog through code and
have
it put in this view mode without the user having to click the Views
button.

Can anyone help?

Jenny