this code opens with All Excel files shown (I Want to view all files), however it does open the selected file.
 Application.Dialogs(xlDialogOpen).Show
This code extracted from http://www.excelforum.com/excel-prog...all-files.html
Opens the dialog window as required, but doesn't open the selected file.
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogOpen)
      .InitialFileName = ""
      With .Filters
         .Clear
         .Add "All files", "*.*", 1
      End With
      .FilterIndex = 1
      .Title = "Please Select a File"
      .ButtonName = "Open"
      .AllowMultiSelect = False
      .InitialView = msoFileDialogViewDetails
      .Show
end with
Please supply changes to either method to open with all files shown, and then enables the file to be opened.