I calculate the amount of rows I want to have in my second column using a for loop based on reading how many records a file has that has been opened. I have
If you want to omit the value for the first column, just add null or DBNull.Value, e.g.:
null
DataGridView1.Rows.Add(DBNull.Value, Count++);
This way, the first column will be empty while the second columns contains the value of Count.
Count