try this one, it have some limited. Add System.Design into References. Use method ShowDialog() to show using System; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.Windows.Forms.Design; namespace WindowsApplication1 { /// /// this provides the BrowseFolderDialog for browse folders. /// public class BrowseFolderDialog : FolderNameEditor { FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser fBrowser; public BrowseFolderDialog() { fBrowser = new FolderNameEditor.FolderBrowser(); } public string DirectoryPath { get {return fBrowser.DirectoryPath;} } public DialogResult ShowDialog(string txtDescription) { // set the Description label fBrowser.Description = txtDescription; fBrowser.StartLocation = FolderBrowserFolder.MyDocuments; return fBrowser.ShowDialog(); } ~BrowseFolderDialog() { // destructor fBrowser.Dispose(); } } }