If you have xl2000 or later:

sStr = "C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\folder5\file.x ls"
? Right(sStr,len(sStr)-instrrev(sStr,"\"))
file.xls

demo's from the immediate window.

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Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Steph" wrote in message
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I have a string variable that is a path to a file:
C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4\folder5\file.xl s

How can I create a new variable that is simply the file name.xls? Thanks!