I write a VBScript to copy file from E drive to C drive. There are many system files and damaged files in E drive, so when copy these files, the script will stop. Any method to pass or skip these files when the script is running?
the code is to copy all folders from E drive to C drive
Const hd = "E:\"
Const cd = "C:\"
Dim path
Sub GenPath()
path = cd
End Sub
Sub GenFolder()
Set objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objFso.CreateFolder path
Set objFso = Nothing
End Sub
Set fso=WScript.CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
Set fs=fso.GetFolder("E:\")
Set f=fs.SubFolders
For Each uu In f
Set Ws = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.filesystemobject")
Ws.CopyFolder uu,path & "\"
For Each uu In f
Set Ws = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.filesystemobject")
Ws.CopyFolder hd & uu,path1
End If
Next
Becomes
Set Ws = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.filesystemobject")
On Error Resume Next
For Each uu In f
Ws.CopyFolder uu.path, path1
If err.number <> 0 then err.clear
Next
Plus for an unknown reason you have an End If.
This does the basics but you can work on it to recreate the folder structure (this dumps all files in one folder).
On error resume next
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fso.GetFolder("C:\Users\David Candy\Desktop")
fso.createfolder("C:\Users\David Candy\test123")
Folder2 = "C:\Users\David Candy\test123"
For Each thing in f.subfolders
msgbox thing.path
If err.number <> 0 then
msgbox err.description
err.clear
End If
For Each thingy in thing.files
msgbox thingy.path
thingy.copy(Folder2 & "\" & thingy.name)
If err.number <> 0 then
msgbox err.description
err.clear
End If
Next
Next
Only took an extra line and an edit on another line to recreate file structure.
On error resume next
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fso.GetFolder("C:\Users\David Candy\Desktop")
fso.createfolder("C:\Users\David Candy\test123")
Folder2 = "C:\Users\David Candy\test123"
Set log = fso.CreateTextFile("c:\logfile.txt")
For Each thing in f.subfolders
fso.createfolder(folder2 & "\" & thing.name)
If err.number <> 0 then
log.writeline thing.path & err.description
err.clear
End If
For Each thingy in thing.files
thingy.copy(Folder2 & "\" & thing.name & "\" & thingy.name)
If err.number <> 0 then
log.writeline thingy.path & err.description
err.clear
End If
Next
Next
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How to replace a specific string with the filename? Example: I have several files with different names (like: Test.asp, Constant.asp, Letter.asp, etc.) within a subfolder that contain the text "ABC123". I would like to replace the "ABC123" in each file with the filename.
Below is the code I have that finds string and replaces it with a specific string but it doesn't do the job that I listed above.
Option Explicit
Dim objFilesystem, objFolder, objFiles, objFile, tFile, objShell, objLogFile,objFSO, objStartFolder, colFiles
Dim SubFolder, FileText, bolWriteLog, strLogName, strLogPath, strCount, strCount2, strOldText, strNewText, strEXT
bolWriteLog = True
Const ForReading = 1
Const ForWriting = 2
Const TriStateUseDefault = -2
Set objFilesystem = WScript.CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
strLogName = "log.txt"
strLogPath = "C:\" & strLogName
strCount = 0
strCount2 = 0
strOldText = "ABC123"
strNewText = ""
strEXT = "asp"
'Initialize log file
If bolWriteLog Then
On Error Resume Next
Set objLogFile = objFileSystem.OpenTextFile(strLogPath, 2, True)
WriteLog "############### Start Log ##################"
If Not Err.Number = 0 Then
MsgBox "There was a problem opening the log file for writing." & Chr(10) & _
"Please check whether """ & strLogPath & """ is a valid file and can be openend for writing." & _
Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "If you're not sure what to do, please contact your support person.", vbCritical, "Script Error"
WScript.Quit
End If
On Error Goto 0
End If
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objStartFolder = "D:\MyFolder"
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objStartFolder)
WScript.Echo objFolder.Path
Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile In colFiles
'WScript.Echo objFile.Name
' Now we have an exception for all files that can not be opened in text modus: all extensions such as "exe" should be listed upfront.
ReplaceText(objFile)
Next
ShowSubfolders objFSO.GetFolder(objStartFolder)
Sub ReplaceText(objFile)
If InStr(1, strEXT, Right(LCase(objFile.Name), 3)) = 0 Or objFile.Size = 0 Then
Else
strCount = strCount + 1
WriteLog("Opening " & objFile.Name)
Set tFile = objFile.OpenAsTextStream(ForReading, TriStateUseDefault)
FileText = tFile.ReadAll
tFile.Close
If InStr(FileText, strOldText) Then
WriteLog("Replacing " & strOldText & " with " & strNewText & ".")
FileText = Replace(FileText, strOldText, strNewText)
WriteLog("Text replaced")
Else
WriteLog(strOldText & " was not found in the file.")
strCount2 = strCount2 + 1
End If
Set tFile = objFile.OpenAsTextStream(ForWriting, TriStateUseDefault)
tFile.Write FileText
tFile.Close
FileText = ""
strCount = 0
strCount2 = 0
End If
End Sub
Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
For Each Subfolder in Folder.SubFolders
'WScript.Echo Subfolder.Path
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(Subfolder.Path)
Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile in colFiles
'WScript.Echo objFile.Name
ReplaceText(objFile)
Next
ShowSubFolders Subfolder
Next
End Sub
WriteLog "############### EndLog ##################"
WScript.Echo "Script Complete"
objShell.Run "C:\" & strLogName
'Clear environment and exit
On Error Resume Next
Set tFile = Nothing
Set objFile = Nothing
Set objFiles = Nothing
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objLogFile = Nothing
Set objFilesystem = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing
WScript.Quit
'Subs and functions ********** DO NOT EDIT ***************
Sub WriteLog(sEntry)
If bolWriteLog Then objLogFile.WriteLine(Now() & ": Log: " & sEntry)
End Sub
I can give you a one line Ruby solution, should be not too difficult to translate that in Python but somewhat more extensive in VbScript I am afraid. First a generic search and replace version.
ARGV[0..-3].each{|f| File.write(f, File.read(f).gsub(ARGV[-2],ARGV[-1]))}
Save it in a script, eg replace.rb
You start in on the command line (here cmd.exe) with
replace.rb *.txt <string_to_replace> <replacement>
broken down so that I can explain what's happening but still executable
# ARGV is an array of the arguments passed to the script.
ARGV[0..-3].each do |f| # enumerate the arguments of this script from the first to the last (-1) minus 2
File.write(f, # open the argument (= filename) for writing
File.read(f) # open the argument (= filename) for reading
.gsub(ARGV[-2],ARGV[-1])) # and replace all occurances of the beforelast with the last argument (string)
end
And finally your request to replace ABC123 with the filename.
Of course tested and working
ARGV[0..-1].each{|f| File.write(f, File.read(f).gsub('ABC123', f))}
Contents of one of my testfiles (1.txt) after executing
test phrase
1.txt
EDIT
I see you want subfolder recursion on a fixed folder, no problem
Dir['**/*'].each{|f| File.write(f, File.read(f).gsub('ABC123', f)) unless File.directory?(f) }
I am at my wits end into this. Either I am doing it the wrong way or it is not possible.
I need a vb script for the following scenario:
The script is to run on multiple Windows 7 machines (32-Bit & 64-Bit alike).
These are shared workstation i.e. different users login to these machines from time to time.
The objective of this script is to traverse through each User Profile folder and get the size of the 'My Documents' folder within each User Profile folder. This information is to be written to a .CSV file located at C:\Temp directory on the machine.
This script would be pushed to all workstations from SCCM. It would be configured to execute with System Rights
I tried the script detailed at:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2005/03/31/how-can-i-determine-the-size-of-the-my-documents-folder.aspx
Const MY_DOCUMENTS = &H5&
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(MY_DOCUMENTS)
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
strPath = objFolderItem.Path
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strPath)
Wscript.Echo objFolder.Size
The Wscript.Echo objFolder.Size command in the script returned the value as '0' (zero) for the current logged on user. Although the actual size was like 30 MB or so.
I then tried the script at:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Visual_Basic/VB_Script/Q_27869829.html
This script returns the correct value but only for the current logged-on user.
Const blnShowErrors = False
' Set up filesystem object for usage
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
' Display desired folder sizes
Wscript.Echo "MyDocuments : " & FormatSize(FindFiles(objFSO.GetFolder(objShell.SpecialFolders("MyDocuments"))))
' Recursively tally the size of all files under a folder
' Protect against folders or files that are not accessible
Function FindFiles(objFolder)
On Error Resume Next
' List files
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
On Error Resume Next
If Err.Number <> 0 Then ShowError "FindFiles:01", objFolder.Path
On Error Resume Next
FindFiles = FindFiles + objFile.Size
If Err.Number <> 0 Then ShowError "FindFiles:02", objFile.Path
Next
If Err.Number = 0 Then
' Recursively drill down into subfolder
For Each objSubFolder In objFolder.SubFolders
On Error Resume Next
If Err.Number <> 0 Then ShowError "FindFiles:04", objFolder.Path
FindFiles = FindFiles + FindFiles(objSubFolder)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then ShowError "FindFiles:05", objSubFolder.Path
Next
Else
ShowError "FindFiles:03", objFolder.Path
End If
End Function
' Function to format a number into typical size scales
Function FormatSize(iSize)
aLabel = Array("bytes", "KB", "MB", "GB", "TB")
For i = 0 to 4
If iSize > 1024 Then iSize = iSize / 1024 Else Exit For End If
Next
FormatSize = Round(iSize, 2) & " " & aLabel(i)
End Function
Sub ShowError(strLocation, strMessage)
If blnShowErrors Then
WScript.StdErr.WriteLine "==> ERROR at [" & strLocation & "]"
WScript.StdErr.WriteLine " Number:[" & Err.Number & "], Source:[" & Err.Source & "], Desc:[" & Err.Description & "]"
WScript.StdErr.WriteLine " " & strMessage
Err.Clear
End If
End Sub
The only part pending, is to achieve this for the 'My Documents' folder within each of the other User Profile folders.
Is this possible?
Please help.
In this script I try to rename all the files within a folder. The new names I will gather from each textfiles in itself using Instr(1, strText, "(Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel = " ...). So all jsp-files shall be proceed. But I get an object-error almost at the end: 800A01A8 - Object Required. Can anyone helpme to replace the object strVerz.files so the the code works.
Thank U in advance.
Michael
Dim objFso, strFolder
' Begin Main
Set objFso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFolder = objFso.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)
If objFso.FolderExists(strFolder) Then
Call GetJspFiles(objFso.GetFolder(strFolder))
End If
Set objFso = Nothing
' End Main
Sub GetJspFiles(ByRef objFolder)
Dim objFile, objSubFolder
For Each objFile In objFolder.Files
If LCase(objFso.GetExtensionName(objFile.Name)) = "jsp" Then
Call JSPRename(objFile.Path, objFolder.Path)
End If
Next
For Each objSubFolder In objFolder.SubFolders
Call GetJspFiles(objSubFolder)
Next
' objFile.Close
End Sub
Sub JSPRename(ByRef strPath, ByRef strFolder)
Dim arrText, strText, strTextLine, Position , objJspFile, newFilename, strVerz
Set objJspFile = objFso.OpenTextFile(strPath)
arrText = Split(objJspFile.ReadAll, vbCrLf) ' split to lines
For Each strTextLine In arrText
If strTextLine <> "" Then
strText = Trim(strTextLine)
If Instr(1,strText,"(Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel",1) Then
Position=Instr(1, strText, "(Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel =",1)
newFilename=mid(strText,Position+31, 8)
else
end if
end if
Next
strVerz=objFSO.GetParentFoldername(WScript.ScriptFullName)
strNewName = strVerz & "\" & newFilename & ".jsp"
' Wscript.echo strNewName & vbcrlf & strVerz.files '!! only for Showing the results
objFSO.MoveFile strVerz.files, strNewName <- Here I get the error
objJspFile.Close
End Sub
It seems like the purpose of JSPRename is to rename the file given by strPath. In that case, the call to MoveFile should look like:
objFSO.MoveFile strPath, strNewName
Is it possible to rename a file in a folder to its folder name using vbs? I have the following script which I am just using MsgBox at this time for debugging before I implement the renaming. for some reason tho ObjFolder doesnt change.
Option Explicit
Dim strFolderToSearch, objFSO, objRootFolder, objFolder, colSubfolders, strOutput, objStartFolder, colFiles, objFile
strFolderToSearch = "D:\Shared\Films"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objRootFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strFolderToSearch)
Set colSubfolders = objRootFolder.SubFolders
For Each objFolder in colSubfolders
objStartFolder = objFolder
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objStartFolder)
Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile in colSubfolders
MsgBox objFile.name & "," & objFolder.name
Next
Next
I admit that I can't follow the tangle of your folders, subfolders, and files. But if you want to rename files in a folder, use this stratege:
Dim sDName : sDName = "FancyRename"
Dim sDName2 : sDName2 = "," & sDName
Dim oFile, sNewName
For Each oFile In goFS.GetFolder(goFS.BuildPath("..\testdata", sDName)).Files
If 0 = Instr(oFile.Name, sDName2) Then
sNewName = Replace(oFile.Name, ".", sDName2 & ".")
Else
sNewName = Replace(oFile.Name, sDName2, "")
End If
WScript.Echo oFile.Name, "=>", sNewName
oFile.Name = sNewName
Next
output of running this three times:
that.txt => that,FancyRename.txt
this.txt => this,FancyRename.txt
that,FancyRename.txt => that.txt
this,FancyRename.txt => this.txt
that.txt => that,FancyRename.txt
this.txt => this,FancyRename.txt
UPDATE
How about: Given a folder D and a file name F (e.g. someavi.avi), rename all (existing) Fs in D and its sub folders to "subfoldername.avi", unless such a file already exists:
recursiveRename goFS.GetFolder("..\testdata\FancyRename"), "someavi", "avi"
Sub recursiveRename(oDir, sFiNa, sExt)
WScript.Echo "Looking into", oDir.Path
Dim sOFiNa : sOFiNa = sFiNa & "." & sExt
Dim sOFSpec : sOFSpec = goFS.BuildPath(oDir.Path, sOFiNa)
Dim sNFSpec
If goFS.FileExists(sOFSpec) Then
WScript.Echo "found ", sOFSpec
sNFSpec = goFS.BuildPath(oDir.Path, oDir.Name & "." & sExt)
If goFS.FileExists(sNFSpec) Then
WScript.Echo "found ", sNFSpec, "- can't rename"
Else
WScript.Echo "found no", sNFSpec, "- will rename"
goFS.MoveFile sOFSpec, sNFSpec
End If
Else
WScript.Echo "found no", sOFSpec
End If
Dim oSubF
For Each oSubF In oDir.SubFolders
recursiveRename oSubF, sFiNa, sExt
Next
End Sub
sample output:
Looking into M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename
found no M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\someavi.avi
Looking into M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\subfa
found no M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\subfa\someavi.avi
Looking into M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\subfc
found M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\subfc\someavi.avi
found no M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\subfc\subfc.avi - will rename
Looking into M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\subfb
found M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\subfb\someavi.avi
found M:\lib\kurs0705\testdata\FancyRename\subfb\subfb.avi - can't rename
UPDATE II
Changed specs: rename .avi to folder name, if there is exactly one .avi
recursiveRename03 goFS.GetFolder("..\testdata\FancyRename")
Sub recursiveRename03(oDir)
WScript.Echo "Looking into", oDir.Path
Dim sNFSpec : sNFSpec = goFS.BuildPath(oDir.Path, oDir.Name & ".avi")
If goFS.FileExists(sNFSpec) Then
WScript.Echo "found ", sNFSpec, "- can't rename"
Else
Dim oOFile : Set oOFile = Nothing
Dim oFile
For Each oFile In oDir.Files
If "avi" = goFS.GetExtensionName(oFile.Name) Then
If oOFile Is Nothing Then
Set oOFile = oFile
Else
WScript.Echo "Found second avi", oFile.Name
Set oOFile = Nothing
Exit For
End If
End If
Next
If oOFile Is Nothing Then
WScript.Echo "not exactly one avi found"
Else
WScript.Echo "found ", oOFile.Name, "- will rename"
oOFile.Name = oDir.Name & ".avi"
End If
End If
Dim oSubF
For Each oSubF In oDir.SubFolders
recursiveRename03 oSubF
Next
End Sub
UPDATE III
If you use a global FSO or pass an FSO to the Subs/Functions needing
it, you avoid its repetitive re-creation.
If you pass a folder/file object instead of a string to the
Subs/Functions dealing with such objects, you can access their
properties/methods immediately/for free (no need to reclaim/get back
info by string operations).
If you rename a file, you must check whether there is a file having
the new name (it's not sufficient to check whether the file you work
with doesn't have the new name).
Idealistically, your script should have the following features:
Recursion - For traversing folders that are 1-n deep from D:\Shared\Films
Rename file function - For renaming match files according to your rule.
I wrote the following script that features the following routines:
RenameAllVideos(strFolder) - this will recursively search subfolders
RenameVideo(strFileName) - will rename a match video file using your rule
Here's my script:
Option Explicit
Call RenameAllVideos("D:\Shared\Films")
Sub RenameAllVideos(strFolder)
Dim fso, file, folder
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Check for AVIs to rename.
For Each file in fso.GetFolder(strFolder).Files
If Right(file.Name, 4) = ".avi" Then
Call RenameVideo(strFolder & "\" & file.Name)
End If
Next
' Check for SubFolders to recurse into.
For Each folder in fso.GetFolder(strFolder).SubFolders
Call RenameAllVideos(strFolder & "\" & folder.Name)
Next
End Sub
Sub RenameVideo(strFileName)
Dim fso, strExt, strFolder, strNewFileName
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemobject")
' Note the extension (should be avi)
strExt = fso.GetExtensionName(strFileName)
' Derive the full path to the folder.
strFolder = fso.GetParentFolderName(strFileName)
' Derive the new filename.
strNewFileName = strFolder & "\" & fso.GetBaseName(strFolder) & "." & strExt
' Do the rename.
If strFileName <> strNewFileName Then
WScript.Echo "Renaming " & strFileName & " to " & strNewFileName
fso.MoveFile strFileName, strNewFileName
End If
End Sub
I am trying to find a specific file on computer and delete it.
This is my code:
Const DeleteReadOnly = True
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set oWshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
sDir = oWshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%temp%\dir.txt")
sFileName = "\date.vbs"
If oFSO.FileExists(sDir) Then oFSO.DeleteFile(sDir)
For Each oDrive In oFSO.Drives
if oDrive.DriveType = 2 Then Search oDrive.DriveLetter
Next
Set oFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(sDir, 1)
aNames = Split(oFile.ReadAll, VbCrLf)
oFile.Close
For Each sName In aNames
If InStr(1, sName, sFileName, 1) > 0 Then WScript.Echo sName
Next
dim filesys
Set filesys = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
filesys.CreateTextFile "\date.vbs", True
If filesys.FileExists("\date.vbs") Then
filesys.DeleteFile "\date.vbs"
Wscript.Echo("File deleted")
End If
Sub Search(sDrive)
WScript.Echo "Scanning drive " & sDrive & ":"
oWshShell.Run "cmd /c dir /s /b " & sDrive & ":\" & sName & " >>" & sDir, 0, True
End Sub
The code is working only partially. When the file "date.vbs" is in root folder (C:\date.vbs) then it is deleted but when it is in folder (C:\backup\date.vbs) then it will not be deleted. Do you know which code changes I should make to be able to delete file even when it is not in root but anywhere in computer?
Thank you! V.
UPDATE:
The code is pretty much working right now. I just have a final problem of deleting the file. I am able to change the attributes from Read-only to normal but still i get the error of access denied.
This is my code:
Const DeleteReadOnly = True
Dim oFSO, oDrive, sFileName, ws, WshS, fso, usrProfile, oFolder, skypefolder
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
sFileName = "Skype.exe"
Set WshS = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
usrProfile = WshS.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%UserProfile%")
skypefolder = "C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\"
For Each oDrive In oFSO.Drives
If oDrive.DriveType = 2 Then Recurse oFSO.GetFolder(skypefolder)
Next
Sub Recurse(oFolder)
Set oFile = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim oSubFolder, oFile
If IsAccessible(oFolder) Then
For Each oSubFolder In oFolder.SubFolders
Recurse oSubFolder
Next
WScript.Echo oFolder.Path
For Each oFile In oFolder.Files
If oFile.Name = sFileName And oFile.Attributes And 1 Then
oFile.Attributes = 0
oFile.Delete True
End If
Next
End If
End Sub
Function IsAccessible(oFolder)
On Error Resume Next
IsAccessible = oFolder.SubFolders.Count >= 0
End Function
Thank you for help!
Code I use to run the script as ADMIN. After this it started to show the MessageBoxes. Before it was running in a console.
If WScript.Arguments.Named.Exists("elevated") = False Then
CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute "wscript.exe", """" & WScript.ScriptFullName & """ /elevated", "", "runas", 1
WScript.Quit
Else
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.CurrentDirectory = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)
'WScript.Echo("Now running with elevated permissions")
End If
So I believe there is something wrong in this code.
Your approach is much too complicated. Use a simple recursive function:
Option Explicit
Const DeleteReadOnly = True
Dim oFSO, oDrive, sFileName
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
sFileName = "date.vbs"
For Each oDrive In oFSO.Drives
If oDrive.DriveType = 2 Then Recurse oDrive.RootFolder
Next
Sub Recurse(oFolder)
Dim oSubFolder, oFile
If IsAccessible(oFolder) Then
For Each oSubFolder In oFolder.SubFolders
Recurse oSubFolder
Next
For Each oFile In oFolder.Files
If oFile.Name = sFileName Then
'oFile.Delete ' or whatever
End If
Next
End If
End Sub
Function IsAccessible(oFolder)
On Error Resume Next
IsAccessible = oFolder.SubFolders.Count >= 0
End Function
To achieve case-insensitive file name comparison, you could use
If StrComp(oFile.Name, sFileName, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
As an exercise: You can also use the WMI Service to find certain files. You don't have to go through all folders, you just query the file on any drive, on any folder:
Function find_file(filename)
Dim objWMIService, colItems, objItem, strComputer
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM CIM_DataFile WHERE FileName='" & filename & "'",,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
msgbox "Found " & objItem.Name & " in " objItem.Path
Next
End Function
Note: It can take long before the function has returned its results.