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Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

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    Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

    Good afternoon.

    I am having real difficulty in changing my Macro to bypass the drive letter and use the drive name.

    Basically, their are 20 people in my team which will require access to the file I have built. The macro in the file currently uses Z:\ as this is what my PC is set to. Others on the same drive (letter) the file works fine, however other are set to X:\ or Z:\ and the macro errors.

    I have found the server name which is \\gbrcrotpc0c1002\Life_Ent by going into Programs/Accessories/Comand Prompt

    I have pasted two examples below as I am by far experienced in using Macros (my first attempt to be honest).

    The first one works with others on the Y:\ as mentioned above, the second is me trying to bypass the letter so regardless of which letter they have used, it can still access the file.

    Please tell me there is a way of doing this, as I wont be able to get everyone to change their "letter".

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    Re: Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

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    Re: Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

    If using the UNC path, as you are in the 2nd example, works then use it.

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    Re: Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

    It looks like the second one should work. Have you tested on machines that have different Drive letters?

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    Re: Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

    You have the code right there.

    Z:\Pricing Tool\NEW PRICING TOOL (July onwards only)\
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    \\gbrcrotpc0c1002\Life_Ent\Pricing Tool\NEW PRICING TOOL (July onwards only)\

    "z:\" is the same equivelant of "\\gbrcrotpc0c1002\Life_Ent\"

    You need to find out each pathname of the letter drive you are using and replace it.

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    Re: Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

    I did load of Google research to obtain the UNC and how to enter it into the current Macro to replace the "letter".

    The strange thing is, when I leave it as using the "letter", it works fine on my machine, however when entering the UNC which I obtained from my PC, it says it cannot find the file??

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    Re: Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

    Where is the workbook containing the code located in relation to the files you are trying to reference in the code?

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    Re: Need to bypass the drive letter (i.e C Drive) and use the drive name

    Do not dynamically search the UNC from a different workstation. If you have a Z: drive that is a network share and your coworker has a z: drive as a network share, it does not mean they both goto the same place. Your Z: and His/Her Z: could goto different places.

    Get the path name from your workstation and hard code it into the macro.

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