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OpenFileDialog cannot read images

When I use OpenFileDialog to select a file on my WPF project I got an error window saying:
You do not have permissions to open this file.
Request permissions from the file owner or an administrator.
This only happen when I use image format files, with other type of file the File Dialog work as intended.
I already tried to open the app as admin and the error persists.
Test code:
OpenFileDialog fileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
fileDialog.Filter = "jpg |*.jpg|png |*.png";
fileDialog.ShowDialog();

Perhaps you could try a new way which is safe at finding what file types you are looking for:
var dlg = new Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog
{
Title = "Select an Image",
Filter = "Images |*.jpg; *.png",
CheckFileExists = true
};
if (dlg.ShowDialog() == true)
{
}
On file permissions try this https://windowsreport.com/no-permission-open-file/

Get complete file path from file click in File Explorer

Using Visual Studio 2017 and Windows 10 I want to be able to open a file explorer and navigate to a file outside of the program. Once my file is collected I want to get the file path and the complete file name for the file explorer.
OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();
openFileDialog1.Filter = "All files (*.*)|*.*";
if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
textBoxFolderpath.Text= openFileDialog1.FileName;
if (textBoxFolderpath.Text.Contains('\\'))
textBoxFolderpath.Text = textBoxFolderpath.Text.Substring(0, textBoxFolderpath.Text.LastIndexOf('\\'));
This is what I have tried so far. The textBoxFolderpath is being used to hold the values.
What am I missing or doing incorrectly?

When working with filenames and paths I'd highly recommend using built-in classes to handle this, like the Path class:
Path.GetDirectoryName(openFileDialog1.FileName)
This returns the path, without the filename. It's also cross-platform compatible.

Thanks Zer0 - below is what I ended up using.
private void btnCurrentFolder_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
OpenFileDialog openDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();
// Determine starting directory
if (chkSetToRoot.Checked)
{
openDialog1.InitialDirectory = #"K:\RESULTS";
}
openDialog1.Title = "Select A Test File";
openDialog1.Filter = "All Files (*.*)|*.*";
if (openDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
textBoxFolderpath.Text = Path.GetDirectoryName(openDialog1.FileName);
textBoxFileName.Text = Path.GetFileName(openDialog1.FileName);
}
}

Using SaveFileDialog in c# Winforms

I'm basically just trying to get a file path to save a file to but my SaveFileObject won't let me access the SelectedPath. I've checked the other forums and can't figure out why it won' tlet me, here's my code;
SaveFileDialog filePath = new SaveFileDialog();
DialogResult result = filePath.ShowDialog();
if (result == DialogResult.OK)
{
string folderPath = filePath.;
}
It'll let me select filePath.ShowDialog again and filePath.ToString etc... Where am I going wrong?

You actually want the file name from the FileName property from your SaveFileDialog. That will give you the full path and file name for the file your user wants to save.
SaveFileDialog saveDialog = new SaveFileDialog();
DialogResult result = saveDialog.ShowDialog();
if (result == DialogResult.OK)
{
String fileName = saveDialog.FileName;
//your code to save the file;
}
Although, since .ShowDialog() returns a DialogResult, you can use it directly in the if to spare one line of code (yup! I'm greedy)

Save File Dialog , restrict name

my program has a save file option which is shown below :
//Browse for file
SaveFileDialog ofd = new SaveFileDialog();
ofd.Filter = "CSV|*.csv";
ofd.DefaultExt = ".csv";
DialogResult result = ofd.ShowDialog();
string converted = result.ToString();
if (converted == "OK")
{
Master_Inventory_Export_savePath.Text = ofd.FileName;
}
if I write the file name as "example" it saves correctly as a .csv however if I set the name as "example.txt" it saves as a text file , I've looked on msdn etc but even setting the default extension doesn't prevent this , any ideas on how to only allow files of .csv to be saved ?

You could use the FileOk event to check what your user types and refuse the input if it types something that you don't like.
For example:
SaveFileDialog sdlg = new SaveFileDialog();
sdlg.FileOk += CheckIfFileHasCorrectExtension;
sdlg.Filter = "CSV Files (*.csv)|*.csv";
if(sdlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
Console.WriteLine("Save file:" + sdlg.FileName);
void CheckIfFileHasCorrectExtension(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
SaveFileDialog sv = (sender as SaveFileDialog);
if(Path.GetExtension(sv.FileName).ToLower() != ".csv")
{
e.Cancel = true;
MessageBox.Show("Please omit the extension or use 'CSV'");
return;
}
}
The main advantage of this approach is that your SaveFileDialog is not dismissed and you could check the input without reloading the SaveFileDialog if something is wrong.
BEWARE that the SaveFileDialog appends automatically your extension if it doesn't recognize the extension typed by your user. This means that if your user types somefile.doc then the SaveFileDialog doesn't append the .CSV extension because the .DOC extension is probably well known in the OS. But if your user types somefile.zxc then you receive as output (and also in the FileOk event) a FileName called somefile.zxc.csv

can you not just force the .csv filetype by going like so in the last block of code?
if (converted == "OK")
{
if (ofd.FileName.toString.EndsWith(".csv")<1)
{
Master_Inventory_Export_savePath.Text = ofd.FileName + ".csv";
}
else
{
Master_Inventory_Export_savePath.Text = ofd.FileName;
}
}
Note - untested, but should give you a starting point....

Set the property AddExtension to true.
ofd.AddExtension = true;

File Open/Save Dialog

I am using my own Custom View to show the files and folders and also using a search box to jump to a specific folder. In that case How to send a message to File Open/Save dialog to enforce it to change the current displayed folder.
e.g. If the dialog shows files and folders of current displaying folder "C:\", I want an API (or any piece of code) to enforce to change the current folder to "D:\"

You can have the dialog open at a specific directory using InitialDirectory.
If you want to control what the dialog does at runtime, that's a bit more complex.

Set SaveFileDialog.InitialDirectory after you create it, but before you open it.
For example:
Stream myStream = null;
SaveFileDialog saveFileDialog1 = new SaveFileDialog();
saveFileDialog1 .InitialDirectory = "d:\\" ;
saveFileDialog1 .Filter = "txt files (*.txt)|*.txt|All files (*.*)|*.*" ;
saveFileDialog1 .FilterIndex = 2 ;
saveFileDialog1 .RestoreDirectory = true ;
if(saveFileDialog1 .ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
try
{
if ((myStream = saveFileDialog1 .OpenFile()) != null)
{
// Code to write the stream goes here.
myStream.Close();
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show("Error: Could not save file to disk. Original error: " + ex.Message);
}
}

set InitialDirectory property to any path