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posted by Tobias Weltner
12-23-2008
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Select Folder Dialog
  1. function Select-Folder($message='Select a folder', $path = 0) { 
  2.     $object = New-Object -comObject Shell.Application  
  3.      
  4.     $folder = $object.BrowseForFolder(0, $message, 0, $path) 
  5.     if ($folder -ne $null) { 
  6.         $folder.self.Path 
  7.     } 
  8. } 
  9.  
  10. Select-Folder  
  11. Select-Folder 'Select the folder you want!' 
  12. Select-Folder -mess 'Select some folder!' -path $env:windir 

Uses the Shell.Application COM object to display a dialog that lets you select a folder. You can optionally specify a header text for your dialog and also default the dialog to any root folder you want. If the user selects a folder, the folder path is returned, otherwise $null.

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