I solved my question above with:

ultraNavigationBar1.NavigateTo("C:\\CMT", true);

My question now is how do I prevent the user from going to the parent of the root I navigate to. IE... I want to just let them navigate within a certain root folder or it's sub folders.

http://help.infragistics.com/Help/NetAdvantage/WinForms/2012.1/CLR2.0/html/WinNavigationBar.html

http://help.infragistics.com/Help/NetAdvantage/WinForms/2012.1/CLR2.0/html/Win_WinNavigationBar_Using_WinNavigationBar.html 

Also please take a look at the attached sample where I`m using UltraNavigationBar.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Regards

Please download this sample: UltraNavigatorBarPresetLocation.zip 

Here ia the code:

public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

        public Form1()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

            ultraNavigationBar1.InitializeLocations += new Infragistics.Win.Misc.UltraWinNavigationBar.InitializeLocationsHandler(ultraNavigationBar1_InitializeLocations);

        }

        void ultraNavigationBar1_InitializeLocations(object sender, Infragistics.Win.Misc.UltraWinNavigationBar.InitializeLocationsEventArgs e)

        {

            DirectoryInfo[] dirs = new DirectoryInfo(e.ParentLocation.Key + "\\").GetDirectories();

            foreach (DirectoryInfo dir in dirs)

            {

                e.ParentLocation.Locations.Add(dir.FullName, dir.Name);

            }

        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

            DirectoryInfo[] dirs = new DirectoryInfo("C:\\").GetDirectories();

            foreach (DirectoryInfo dir in dirs)

            {

                ultraNavigationBar1.RootLocation.Locations.Add(dir.FullName, dir.Name);

            }

            ultraNavigationBar1.NavigateTo("Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\\Common7", true);

        }

    }

Let me know if you have any questions.

My issue is not in the navigation bar but in the tvwFolders UltraTree in the "Infragistics FileExplorer CS.zip" sample. I have the navigation bar in this defaulting but since the UltaTree logic starts with Desktop and My Computer I need the code to change this to start with something like "C:\Downloads".

private void PopulateRoot()

        {

// Add Desktop Node to the tree

UltraTreeNode desktopNode = this.tvwFolders.Nodes.Add("Desktop", "Desktop");

            desktopNode.Override.NodeAppearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.Desktop);

            desktopNode.Override.ExpandedNodeAppearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.Desktop);

// Set up the root location of the navigation bar as the Desktop location

UltraNavigationBarLocation desktopLocation = this.unbFolders.RootLocation;

            desktopLocation.Key =

"Desktop";

            desktopLocation.Settings.Appearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.Desktop);

// Don't include the text of the Desktop location in the full path of it's children.

// This is so that children of the Desktop and My Computer locations have the correct path

// like Windows Explorer. For example, "C:\Program Files" is a complete path.

// It should not be "Desktop\My Computer\C:\Program Files"

            desktopLocation.IncludeTextInFullPath =

false;

// The tree will be the central driving force of this application, so give the location a

// reference to the corresponding node in the tree.

            desktopLocation.Tag = desktopNode;

// Add the My Computer node to the tree

UltraTreeNode myComputerNode = desktopNode.Nodes.Add("MyComputer", "My Computer");

            myComputerNode.Override.NodeAppearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.MyComputer);

            myComputerNode.Override.ExpandedNodeAppearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.MyComputer);

// Add the My Computer location to the navigation bar.

UltraNavigationBarLocation myComputerLocation = desktopLocation.Locations.Add("MyComputer", "My Computer");

            myComputerLocation.Settings.Appearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.MyComputer);

// Don't include the text of the My Computer location in the full path of it's children.

// This is so that children of the Desktop and My Computer locations have the correct path

// like Windows // Explorer. For example, "C:\Program Files" is a complete path.

// It should not be "Desktop\My Computer\C:\Program Files"

            myComputerLocation.IncludeTextInFullPath =

false;

// The tree will be the central driving force of this application, so give the location a

// reference to the corresponding node in the tree.

            myComputerLocation.Tag = myComputerNode;

// Assign the folder/open folder icons for all generic folders

this.tvwFolders.Override.NodeAppearance.Image = this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.FolderSmall);

this.tvwFolders.Override.ExpandedNodeAppearance.Image = this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.FolderOpenSmall);

// Assign the folder icons for all generic folders

this.unbFolders.LocationSettings.Appearance.Image = this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.FolderSmall);

// Expand and select the Desktop node           

            desktopNode.Expanded =

true;

            desktopNode.Selected =

true;

        }

rookertrusted said:

My issue is not in the navigation bar but in the tvwFolders UltraTree in the "Infragistics FileExplorer CS.zip" sample. I have the navigation bar in this defaulting but since the UltaTree logic starts with Desktop and My Computer I need the code to change this to start with something like "C:\Downloads".

I`m not sure that I understand what is your issue. At the begining we are talking about UltraNavigationBar and how to set initial path. I do not understand what is your issue with UltraTree and what exactly doesn`t work in the "Infragistics FileExplorer CS.zip" sample.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Regards

PLEASE, I beg you. YOUR SAMPLE Infragistics FileExplorer CS.zip" has this section of code in it. How do I set it to NOT USE "DESKTOP" or "MYCOMPUTER" but rather "C:\DOWNLOADS". PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE look at YOUR SAMPLE. This uses a a Navigation bar but the code below in YOUR SAMPLE also displays a beautiful tree to the left that in NOT A NAVIGATIONBAR. HELP, HELP, HELP

private void PopulateRoot()

        {

// Add Desktop Node to the tree

UltraTreeNode desktopNode = this.tvwFolders.Nodes.Add("Desktop", "Desktop");

            desktopNode.Override.NodeAppearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.Desktop);

            desktopNode.Override.ExpandedNodeAppearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.Desktop);

// Set up the root location of the navigation bar as the Desktop location

UltraNavigationBarLocation desktopLocation = this.unbFolders.RootLocation;

            desktopLocation.Key =

"Desktop";

            desktopLocation.Settings.Appearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.Desktop);

// Don't include the text of the Desktop location in the full path of it's children.

// This is so that children of the Desktop and My Computer locations have the correct path

// like Windows Explorer. For example, "C:\Program Files" is a complete path.

// It should not be "Desktop\My Computer\C:\Program Files"

            desktopLocation.IncludeTextInFullPath =

false;

// The tree will be the central driving force of this application, so give the location a

// reference to the corresponding node in the tree.

            desktopLocation.Tag = desktopNode;

// Add the My Computer node to the tree

UltraTreeNode myComputerNode = desktopNode.Nodes.Add("MyComputer", "My Computer");

            myComputerNode.Override.NodeAppearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.MyComputer);

            myComputerNode.Override.ExpandedNodeAppearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.MyComputer);

// Add the My Computer location to the navigation bar.

UltraNavigationBarLocation myComputerLocation = desktopLocation.Locations.Add("MyComputer", "My Computer");

            myComputerLocation.Settings.Appearance.Image =

this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.MyComputer);

// Don't include the text of the My Computer location in the full path of it's children.

// This is so that children of the Desktop and My Computer locations have the correct path

// like Windows // Explorer. For example, "C:\Program Files" is a complete path.

// It should not be "Desktop\My Computer\C:\Program Files"

            myComputerLocation.IncludeTextInFullPath =

false;

// The tree will be the central driving force of this application, so give the location a

// reference to the corresponding node in the tree.

            myComputerLocation.Tag = myComputerNode;

// Assign the folder/open folder icons for all generic folders

this.tvwFolders.Override.NodeAppearance.Image = this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.FolderSmall);

this.tvwFolders.Override.ExpandedNodeAppearance.Image = this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.FolderOpenSmall);

// Assign the folder icons for all generic folders

this.unbFolders.LocationSettings.Appearance.Image = this.IconManager.GetBitmap(IconName.FolderSmall);

// Expand and select the Desktop node           

            desktopNode.Expanded =

true;

            desktopNode.Selected =

true;

        }