Microsoft KB Archive/150221

= FIX: DLLs Not Shown in the Add Reference...Browse Dialog Box =

Article ID: 150221

Article Last Modified on 6/29/2004

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 32-Bit Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Learning Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q150221



SYMPTOMS
In the Add References dialog box (on the Tools menu, select References, then select the Browse button), DLLs are not shown. This behavior occurs even if the Files of Type option includes "*.dll" and the All Files ("*.*") option is selected.



RESOLUTION
From the View menu in Windows Explorer, select Options. Then select the View tab, and choose the Show all Files button.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Basic 6.0.



MORE INFORMATION
The user can choose whether to view DLL files in Windows Explorer from the View menu, by selecting Options, selecting the View tab, and then choosing either the Show all Files button or the Hide Files of these types: button. If the latter is chosen, then system files are not displayed in Windows Explorer, and they are also not displayed in Common Dialogs invoked in applications such as the Add Reference dialog in Visual Basic.

Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Make sure the setting mentioned in the workaround above is set for Hide files of these types:.
 * 2) In Visual Basic, from the Tools menu, select References, and choose the Browse button. DLL files are unavailable.

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbdll kbvbp600fix KB150221

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