so if you don't want to go with a 3rd party control, i guess you have
to write your own? are there any examples of this or what classes
would i be dealing with?
Getting the file details you'll be working with the System.IO namespace and
the File and Directory classes. Also FileInfo/DirectoryInfo to get their
properties. Take a look at this code-project article on building a file
explorer:- http://www.codeproject.com/netcf/UseSystemimagelist.asp