# Paraview how to load Directory?

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-how-to-load-directory/6127
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [December 28, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-how-to-load-directory/6127 "2020-12-28T03:53:32Z")
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### Author: ![wulicheng](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/9de053/32.png) [@wulicheng](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wulicheng)
#### Post date: [December 28, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-how-to-load-directory/6127/1 "2020-12-28T03:53:32Z")

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I open the dialog like flowing:  
 ![图片](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/d/de4c1ffd2f6e3a53c0ed62e21a878e3f291d7195.png)  
When I clicked OK button ,Nothing loaded！！！  
It output this message：  
 ![图片](https://discourse.paraview.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6d6298789795f7dd4b6256a70dbbe43e90f8e6aa.png)

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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/mwestphal/32/17_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 10:16am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraview-how-to-load-directory/6127/2 "2021-01-04T10:16:48Z")

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What about selecting the directory from the parent directory ?