CListCtrl

[RussG1]

Here is quick example I tried:
Dialog app with CListCtrl (with Always Show Selection = TRUE, and View set to list). CListCtrl member variable added (m_List)
In initdialog under the todo comments I added following:

	// TODO: Add extra initialization here
	m_List.SetFocus();
	CString sLabel;
	// add 10 items to list
	for(int i = 0;i < 9; i++)
	{
		sLabel.Format("Item%d", i);
		m_List.InsertItem(i, sLabel);
	}
	// select 1st 5 items
	for(int i = 0;i < 5; i++)
		m_List.SetItemState(i, LVIS_SELECTED, LVIS_SELECTED );
	// set focus to first item
	m_List.SetItemState(0, LVIS_FOCUSED , LVIS_FOCUSED  );
	
	// return false because I set focus to a control
	return false;  // return TRUE  unless you set the focus to a control

When running the program the 1st 5 items are selected and the 1st item has focus, so it should work for you.