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Asked: May 30, 20262026-05-30T15:15:03+00:00 2026-05-30T15:15:03+00:00

I program in C# WPF. In MSDN , it states that OpenFileDialog belongs to

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I program in C# WPF. In MSDN, it states that OpenFileDialog belongs to namespace System.Windows.Controls. But simply having using System.Windows.Controls does not allow me to use OpenFileDialog. I have to add using Microsoft.Win32 as well to use OpenFileDialog.

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    2026-05-30T15:15:04+00:00Added an answer on May 30, 2026 at 3:15 pm

    I suspect this is just a Silverlight documentation error/limitation.

    This .Net MSDN link correctly places the OpenFileDialog in the Microsoft.Win32 namespace.

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