Append items to the end of a listview

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C#2.0

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IndexOutOfBoundsException "Index was outside the bounds of the array."

This occurs when I try to append another item to the listview. It seems that when we add a new item, the array’s size gets reset to whatever we appended to it. So the size of the counter then becomes bigger than the array. Please tell me what I've done wrong! The error is on this line

temp[_counter] = single_file;

in method

loadImageList()

Here is my code.

    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        string _big_fileName;
        int _counter = 0;
        int _imageIndex;

        #region Initializers
        public Form1()
        {            
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        //Displays larger instance of selected image in picture box.
        private void lstImages_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //FOR i is less than the first image.
            for (int i = 0; i < lstImages.SelectedItems.Count; i++)
            {
                //GET filename from listview and store in index.
                _big_fileName = lstImages.SelectedItems[i].Text;
                //Create larger instance of image.
                pictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile(_big_fileName);
                //Fill panel to the width and height of picture box.
                panel1.AutoScrollMinSize = new Size(pictureBox1.Image.Width, pictureBox1.Image.Height);
                _imageIndex = lstImages.SelectedIndices[0];
                loadImageMetaData();
            }
        }
		
        private void mnuOpen_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {            
            loadImageList();
            _imageIndex = 0;
        }
		
        private void loadImageList()
        {
            imageList1.Images.Clear();
            lstImages.Clear();

            oFD1.InitialDirectory = "C:\\";
            oFD1.Title = "Open an Image File";
            oFD1.Filter = "JPEGS|*.jpg|GIFS|*.gif|PNGS|*.png|BMPS|*.bmp";

            //Open Dialog Box.
            var oldResults = oFD1.ShowDialog();

            if (oldResults == DialogResult.Cancel)
            {
                return;
            }

            try
            {
                //GET amount of filenames.
                int num_of_files = oFD1.FileNames.Length;
                //Temp array i created to solve the error.
                string[] temp = new string[num_of_files];
                //Store filenames in string array.
                string[] arryFilePaths = new string[num_of_files];


                //FOREACH filename in the file.
                foreach (string single_file in oFD1.FileNames)
                {
                    //IF there are more images I want to display.
                    if (_counter >= oFD1.FileNames.Length)
                    {
                        //Append and render those images to the end of the image list.
                        temp[_counter] = single_file;
                        imageList1.Images.Add(Image.FromFile(single_file));
                        _counter++;
                        break;
                    }
                    //ACCESS array using _counter to find file.
                    arryFilePaths[_counter] = single_file;
                        //CREATE image in memory and add image to image list.
                        imageList1.Images.Add(Image.FromFile(single_file));
                        _counter++;
                    
                    
                }
                //BIND image list to listview.
                lstImages.LargeImageList = imageList1;


                for (int i = 0; i < _counter; i++)
                {                    
                    //DISPLAY filename and image from image index param. 
                    lstImages.Items.Add(arryFilePaths[i], i);
                }
            }

            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("Error " + ex.Message);                
            }                      
        }        

        private void lstImages_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            lstImages = abb.abbListview.Update(lstImages, "Form Header", lstImages.SelectedIndices[0]);
        }
    }
}

What I have tried:

Step 1

I tried changing this line
string[] arryFilePaths = new string[num_of_files];
to
string[] arryFilePaths = new string[num_of_files + _counter];

I was coding hopelessly at random here, this just overrides whatever is in the array and disposes of the previous items.

Step 2
I used this. It should be in my

lstImages_DoubleClick

event.
Update Listview Items[^]

Step 3

Wrote pseudo code.
=====================
START
GET Counter
GET ArryTotalFiles.
DECLARE newArry.

IF (ArryTotalFiles isn't empty).
STORE inside tempArray ArrayTotalFiles and Count.
END IF
ELSE IF (tempArry isn't empty)
CLEAN ArrTotalFiles.
STORE in StringFileArray the ArryTotalFiles and Count.
END IF ELSE
END.
=====================
Yeah I know it looks nothing like what I wrote in my code. :(