Bug when setting FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath in code

[AbacusData]

Do you know why this happens?

If (strCampaignFolder <> "") Then
'Next line works fine when strCampaignFolder already has a value set by FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath further below.
FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath = strCampaignFolder
Else 'PROBLEM: Next line causes the external .NET code 'UnsafeNativeMethods' to put the app to sleep when strCampaignFolder has no existing value!
FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath = "L:\InternetMarketing\AdWordsCampaigns\LiveChat-Software"
End If
If FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
'Get Campaign folder
strCampaignFolder = FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath
End If

Can you suggest a workaround, please?

 

[jebenson]

I did a search on "UnsafeNativeMethods FolderBrowserDialog" (without the quotes) and found that this is an old bug in the FolderBrowserDialog on 64-bit systems. There is a fix for it:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941132/en-us

Not sure if this will work for you or not.



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