How to create multiple subfolders using VBA
You could use the scripting file system object. You didn't elaborate on any
naming convention. The example below takes each subfolder of "C:\Test" and
creates a new second level subfolder named "newSub" in it if such a
subfolder doesn't already exist.
Steve
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Sub MakeManySubs()
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set f = fso.GetFolder("C:\Test")
For Each subF In f.Subfolders
If Not fso.FolderExists(subF & "\newSub") Then
fso.CreateFolder (subF & "\newSub")
End If
Next subF
Set fso = Nothing
End Sub
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"ScottMsp" wrote in message
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Dave,
My problem is that I have over 1,000 folders that I need to make. I
presume
there is a more effecient way than creating over 1,000 lines of code?
Thanks in advance.
"Dave Peterson" wrote:
Just make the subfolders in order:
on error resume next 'in case the folder already exists
mkdir "C:\mainfolder"
mkdir "C:\mainfolder\subfolder1"
mkdir "C:\mainfolder\subfolder1\newsubfolder1"
mkdir "C:\mainfolder\subfolder1\newsubfolder2"
mkdir "C:\mainfolder\subfolder2"
mkdir "C:\mainfolder\subfolder2\newsubfolder1"
mkdir "C:\mainfolder\subfolder2\newsubfolder2"
....
on error goto 0
ScottMsp wrote:
Hello and thanks for reading my question.
I need some VBA programming help.
I have a main folder with subfolders in it. I want to add a new
subfolder
to each subfolder in the directory.
It would look something like this
Main Folder
Subfolder1
NewSubfolder
Subfolder2
NewSubfolder
Subfolder3
NewSubfolder
Subfolder4
NewSubfolder
I was able to use this VBA to do it for one folder, but I need it to
look
through all Subfolders
MkDir ("C:\MainFolder\Subfolder1\Subfolder1.1")
How do I look through each subfolder and add a new subfolder under each
subfolder?
Thanks in advance.
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Dave Peterson
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