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  1. 10-29-2012, 12:31 PM #1
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    Creating Folders and Sub Folders

    Hey,

    I know this may have been asked many times before however I am having trouble with a macro creating folders and subfolders.

    I have attached a spreadsheet with macro that I took from the site which is exactly what I want (if it worked!). The issue I am having is that I can get it to create the parent directory "test" in the location specified however none of the sub folders are created?

    When I initially ran the macro there was a missing reference to "personal.xls" which I removed - maybe this is causing the problem?

    Many thanks in advance,

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    Re: Creating Folders and Sub Folders

    'MAKE FOLDERS AND SUBFOLDERS
    Here's a macro for creating all the folders and subfolders in a string path. There's a macro and a UDF version that other macros can use.


    Make Folders and Subfolders



    You could simply list the deepest folder:

    C:\Path\To\My\Files\

    ...and it would create every folder in the string if it doesn't exist already.
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    Re: Creating Folders and Sub Folders

    Many thanks for the quick reply.

    I came across that page before funnily enough and whilst it effectively does what I want, the end users only have very basic IT knowledge and dont believe they will be able to understand listing each directory by full path.

    Creating the folders will also be a sporadic but continuing task and therefore I believe that spreadsheet I initially attached is exactly what I need just if only I could get it to work!!

    Any other thoughts?

    Many thanks in advance,

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    Re: Creating Folders and Sub Folders

    No, your sheet is far more plumbing than mine. Not simpler by any means. I was pointing you to a much simpler solution to this common need. We'll see if anyone else wants to work on yours, I'll stay with the simpler one I have already.
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    Re: Creating Folders and Sub Folders

    I agree with Jerry, his is far simpler solution for someone to understand. That being said I ran your code in the workbook and it Created the parent and all sub folders.
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    Re: Creating Folders and Sub Folders

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    Re: Creating Folders and Sub Folders

    Genius! Thanks a million!

    And thank you to everyone else for your help and suggestions.

    Regards,

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    Re: Creating Folders and Sub Folders

    If that takes care of your original query, please select Thread Tools from the menu above and mark the thread as solved. Thanks.
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