---
title: "How To: Add a Custom Place to a File Dialog Box"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "Custom Place to dialog box"
  - "adding Custom Place to dialog box"
  - "CustomPlaces collection"
ms.assetid: 63f6469b-59cd-40f6-9e61-8b5831856780
---
# How To: Add a Custom Place to a File Dialog Box
The default open and save dialog boxes on Windows Vista have an area on the left side of the dialog box titled **Favorite Links**. This area is called custom places. The <xref:System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog> and <xref:System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog> classes allow you to add folders to the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.FileDialog.CustomPlaces%2A> collection.  
  
> [!NOTE]
> In order for a custom place to appear in the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog> or <xref:System.Windows.Forms.SaveFileDialog>, the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.FileDialog.AutoUpgradeEnabled%2A> property must be set to `true` (the default).  
  
### To add a custom place to a file dialog box  
  
- Add a path, a Known Folder GUID, or a <xref:System.Windows.Forms.FileDialogCustomPlace> object to the <xref:System.Windows.Forms.FileDialog.CustomPlaces%2A> collection of the dialog box.  
  
     The following code example shows how to add a path:  
  
    ```vb  
    OpenFileDialog1.CustomPlaces.Add("C:\MyCustomPlace")  
    ```  
  
    ```csharp  
    openFileDialog1.CustomPlaces.Add("C:\\MyCustomPlace");  
    ```  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.FileDialog>
- <xref:System.Windows.Forms.FileDialogCustomPlacesCollection.Add%2A?displayProperty=nameWithType>
- [Known Folder GUIDs for File Dialog Custom Places](known-folder-guids-for-file-dialog-custom-places.md)