Windows Forms: How to make a File Explorer in C#

Step 1: Click New Project, then select Visual C# on the left, then Windows and then select Windows Forms Application. Name your project "FileExplorer" and then click OK

Step 2: Design your form as below

Step 3: Add code to handle your form

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace FileExplorer
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void btnOpen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //Open browser dialog allows you to select the path
            using(FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog() { Description="Select your path." })
            {
                if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
                {
                    webBrowser.Url = new Uri(fbd.SelectedPath);
                    txtPath.Text = fbd.SelectedPath;
                }
            }
        }

        private void btnBack_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (webBrowser.CanGoBack)
                webBrowser.GoBack();
        }

        private void btnForward_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (webBrowser.CanGoForward)
                webBrowser.GoForward();
        }
    }
}

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