Opps: And here i go making a clown of myself again...
import Tkinter as tk
from tkFileDialog import askdirectory
import os
root = tk.Tk()
root.withdraw()
folder = askdirectory()
#make sure to do this somewhere that will always execute!
root.destroy()
if folder:
print os.listdir(folder)
root.mainloop()
r... just another would be language designer