Shell Method

Dim pr As New Process pr.StartInfo.FileName = "c:\" pr.Start()

Of course. Just put that code in the button's click event and take the path string from the textbox. You should definitely check that the folder exists first, though, by calling IO.Directory.Exists. You might even like to have the user select a folder using a FolderBrowserDialog rather than typing directly, or perhaps include both options.

Assuming Command.file1 is of type String and contains a folder path, try this:

If IO.Directory.Exists(Command.file1) Then Process.Start(Command.file1) Else MessageBox.Show("The folder """ & Command.file1 & """ does not exist.") End If

use the .ToString() function to return a string for most types.
Try this code out.

Dim sFile as String = Command.file1.Text.ToString() If IO.File.Exists(sFile) Then Dim pr As New Process pr.StartInfo.FileName = sFile pr.Start() End If

I explored the classes but still I could not do it. For some reason the textbox is still not being converted into a string so when it gets to the:

"IO.File.Exists(sFile)"

It takes it as false so no action happens. How can I fix this problem?

For my code I am using this:

Dim sFile as String = Command.file1.Text.ToString()

If IO.File.Exists(sFile) Then
Dim pr As New Process
pr.StartInfo.FileName = sFile
pr.Start()
Else
MessageBox.Show("The folder """ & Command.file1 & """ does not exist.")
End If

To test my code I put "C:\" in the command.file1 which is a textbox, I also tried "C:\Program Files" both these files exist but both these things brought up the else statement.

Oh it still does not work this what my code is at the moment:

Dim sFile As String = Me.TextBox.ToString()

If IO.Directory.Exists(sFile) Then

Dim pr As New Process

pr.StartInfo.FileName = sFile

pr.Start()

Else

MessageBox.Show("The folder """ & TextBox.Text & """ does not exist.")

End If

But it still seems not to be working it always jumps straight to the else part even with folders that I know exist.