Mimic Explorer.exe So I can Customize It's Toolbars - vba

I am trying to make a form of explorer.exe so I can customize the toolbars to do more things that I want, such as create a list of what is in the current directory I'm looking at.
I'm currently trying to put a pannel onto the windows form and am using the code:
panel1.display("C:\")
I've also tried:
panel1.url("C:\")
And:
panel1.navigate("C:\")
When I used Java in class I could construct something similar to this with panels, so can someone please tell my why I can't get the panel to display the contents of the C: drive?

You are extremely close, on the right track. What you should do instead is use a simple web browser. It can do more than just browse internet pages. If you use the following code it should work:
webbrowser1.navigate("C:\")

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