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    Finding file pathway of file name in a cell

    Afternoon Team,

    I may need your help.

    I have excel file, In that file I have two columns
    Column A : File Name
    Column B : File Pathway

    I want Column B to look at file name and return the full file pathway . For example

    Column A : Test1
    Column b: C:\Temp\Documentum\Documents\Test1

    Column A: Test99
    Column b: C:\Temp\Documentum\Documents\Test99

    You know any way I can do this in excel ? Without manually finding the pathway and populating against each row

    Reference : have followed the steps within this documentation https://help.salesforce.com/articleV...e=en_US&type=1
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    Re: Finding file pathway of file name in a cell

    You can return the full path and filename of a =CELL("filename",A1)reviouslysaved file using:

    =CELL("filename",A1)

    But... I don't think that's what you want. It SOUNDS like you want Excel to search for a given filename.... somewhere on your hard drive.... and then tell you where it found it. Is that correct?????
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    Re: Finding file pathway of file name in a cell

    Hi Glenn

    That is correct .
    I want it to look at the given file name which may be in anywhere on the hard drive and the formula or code should return the path to show where it is located.

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    Re: Finding file pathway of file name in a cell

    Close this thread and keep the one in the VBA thread going. This IS the wrong place for your request.

    You shouldn't really duplicate threads either....

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    Re: Finding file pathway of file name in a cell

    Hi Glenn,
    Thats what i thought i wasnt sure which was the correct audience

    Duplicate thread : https://www.excelforum.com/excel-pro...ml#post4742568

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