Vista Goodies in C++: Using the New Vista File Dialogs In this Vista Goodies article, I'll demonstrate how to use Vista's new file dialogs - the built-in dialogs that you use for File-Open and File-Save operations. In Vista, Microsoft updated the common file dialogs again, this time to make them similar to regular Explorer windows. The file-open and file-save dialogs now have a built-in search field as well as the Favorite Links/tree view pane that are in all Explorer windows. Some applications that use the old common file dialog APIs will automatically get the new dialogs, but for backward compatibility reasons, Vista will still show the older dialogs in some situations.