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    Find path to local synced sharepoint folder

    We are using sharepoint, and I have some folder synced to my PC.

    I would like to use excel vba to access those files. Is there an easy way to find the path to this synced sharepoint folder (not in the cloud, but a path to my local copy)?

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    Re: Find path to local synced sharepoint folder

    path to your local copy? not really understanding that. VBA can look literally anywhere. but server addresses start like this:
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    Re: Find path to local synced sharepoint folder

    When you synch a SharePoint folder to your desktop, the file path will be something like this:

    C:\Users\username\friendly name of company\department folder - Documents
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    Re: Find path to local synced sharepoint folder

    I do have that. My issue is that I have multiple persons using the macro and I do not know by heart how they organized their local synced sharepoint copy. So the drive letter might be different as well as the friendly company name.
    At the moment, I have to ask them to place a shortcut (link to sharepoint) in the favorites folder. I can search that one to see if a link is present. This is a workaround which costs time.
    I was hoping to find the path using environ("sharepoint") or similar.

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    Re: Find path to local synced sharepoint folder

    See my comment to the thread below of AliGW

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    Re: Find path to local synced sharepoint folder

    there is no environ("sharepoint") i don't believe. sharepoint is not part of the windows path.

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    Re: Find path to local synced sharepoint folder

    That was the first thing I tried. Sharepoint is by Microsoft, Windows is by Microsoft, so would be obvious.
    I can find the onedrive link (that is in environ). Sharepoint is using onedrive for business but no go.....

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    Re: Find path to local synced sharepoint folder

    Folder and/or drive structure should really be managed by your IT group and standardized, using GPO via Active Directory Management (ex: using logon script).

    At any rate, if local drive can change, then you should use Environ("UserProfile") this will give X:\Users\UserName.

    Then you can use FileDialog to return all folders within that path and have user pick the folder they need.

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    Alternately, you could use recursive logic to traverse user's folder to find folder that contains "- Documents". But I don't recommend this approach as it could a while and/or unreliable, depending on user's folder structure.
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