Have you tried

Dir("\\somedrive\somefolder")

?

Tim

"Charles" wrote in message
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Hi

Actually an easy one but I can't find anything on google. How can I
check the access right to a folder (I just want to know if the user of
the macro has access to a shared folder)? Is there any function that
does that? (that would be on a network drive)

thanks in advance
Charles