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dialog is an OpenFileDialog class object, and I am using ShowDialog() method.

When I use path containing relative path, like:

dialog.InitialDirectory = "..\\abcd";
dialog.InitialDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() + "..\\abcd";

ShowDialog() crashes; what I only can do is giving a definite path, starting with a disk drive:

dialog.InitialDirectory = "C:\\ABC\\DEF\\abcd";

In this case I want the path to be 1 level up of my .exe's current directory, and then downward to directory abcd.
The .exe's current path can be found by Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), which is perfectly fine, but I cant go on with "..")

The directory hierarchy is like:

ABC
    DEF 
        abcd (where I want to go)
        defg (where .exe is at)

So, is there any method to use "..\\" with InitialDirectory?
Or I must use definite path with it?
Thanks!

davidsbro
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Marson Mao
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  • check this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1175242/setting-the-initial-directory-of-an-savefiledialog/1175250#1175250 – Matt Feb 14 '14 at 03:09

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I found my own answer!!

string CombinedPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "..\\abcd");
dialog.InitialDirectory = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(CombinedPath);
Marson Mao
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See if the following gets you the path you're looking for:

dialog.InitialDirectory
  = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()), "abcd");

The call to Path.GetDirectoryName strips off the last portion of the path, after the last directory separator, whether it's a file name or folder name.

Grant Winney
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  • The issue was that adding a relative path like ..\abcd doesn't work. It still won't with the above approach; rather check Marson Mao's answer. – Ruud van Gaal May 15 '18 at 11:27
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Another way would be

openFileDialog.InitialDirectory = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath,@"..\YourSubDirectoryName");
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