i am gathering a list of all the files and folders on my computer. i have found an extremly rapid method for getting the info into listboxes.

http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?cod...apicompare.htm

however, i don't want as many listboxes as folders in my app, as the routine puts subitems in a list. i have no probs harvesting a list, but i need somewhere to put all of the information.

can i create something that could be called like:
c.windows.system32.etc.

i worry about the filename "." in that possibility.
an array would be acceptable, but how could i dimension it for an unknown number of files at design time?

would i be better off with a collection?

i can make a FSO collection of all files, but i don't need all of the extra info in the file object, only the filename.

i have about 300,000 files, and FSO takes a long time to build.

any advice?