Well, that isn't what you originally asked for -

Private Type BROWSEINFO ' used by the function GetFolderName
hOwner As Long
pidlRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As String
lpszTitle As String
ulFlags As Long
lpfn As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type

Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, _
ByVal pszPath As String) As Long
Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" (lpBrowseInfo _
As BROWSEINFO) As Long

Function GetFolderName(Msg As String) As String
' returns the name of the folder selected by the user
Dim bInfo As BROWSEINFO, path As String, r As Long
Dim X As Long, pos As Integer
bInfo.pidlRoot = 0& ' Root folder = Desktop
If IsMissing(Msg) Then
bInfo.lpszTitle = "Select a folder."
' the dialog title
Else
bInfo.lpszTitle = Msg ' the dialog title
End If
bInfo.ulFlags = &H1 ' Type of directory to return
X = SHBrowseForFolder(bInfo) ' display the dialog
' Parse the result
path = Space$(512)
r = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal X, ByVal path)
If r Then
pos = InStr(path, Chr$(0))
GetFolderName = Left(path, pos - 1)
Else
GetFolderName = ""
End If
End Function


Sub TestGetFolderName()
Dim FolderName As String
FolderName = GetFolderName("Select a folder")
If FolderName = "" Then
MsgBox "You didn't select a folder."
Else
With Application.FileSearch
.NewSearch
.LookIn = FolderName
.SearchSubFolders = True
.FileName = ".m3u"
.FileType = msoFileTypeAllFiles
If .Execute() 0 Then
cnt = .FoundFiles.Count
For i = 1 To cnt
Rng = "A" & i
Range(Rng).Value = Application. _
FileSearch.FoundFiles.Item(i)
Next i
Else
MsgBox "There were no files found."
End If
End With
End If
End Sub


--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

GEORGEBEKOS wrote in message
...

nothing tom
take a look at this

Sub INDEX()

With Application.FileSearch

NewSearch
LookIn = "H:\JAZZ"
Filename = "*.m3u"
Execute
End With
cnt = Application.FileSearch.FoundFiles.Count
For i = 1 To cnt
Rng = "A" & i
Range(Rng).Value = Application.FileSearch.FoundFiles.Item(i)
Next i
End Sub


WITH THIS I CAN GET ALL FOLDER NAMES IF I HAVE
A WINAMP S PLAYLIST IN EVERY FOLDER (m3u)

is there a way to browse for (lookin) to scan like i do in windows
explorer so i dont have to write the path lookin every time


i found this but i can t combine with my code
check this is what i want
but i cant combine with my code



Private Type BROWSEINFO ' used by the function GetFolderName
hOwner As Long
pidlRoot As Long
pszDisplayName As String
lpszTitle As String
ulFlags As Long
lpfn As Long
lParam As Long
iImage As Long
End Type

Private Declare Function SHGetPathFromIDList Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHGetPathFromIDListA" (ByVal pidl As Long, ByVal pszPath As
String) As Long
Private Declare Function SHBrowseForFolder Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "SHBrowseForFolderA" (lpBrowseInfo As BROWSEINFO) As Long

Function GetFolderName(Msg As String) As String
' returns the name of the folder selected by the user
Dim bInfo As BROWSEINFO, path As String, r As Long
Dim X As Long, pos As Integer
bInfo.pidlRoot = 0& ' Root folder = Desktop
If IsMissing(Msg) Then
bInfo.lpszTitle = "Select a folder."
' the dialog title
Else
bInfo.lpszTitle = Msg ' the dialog title
End If
bInfo.ulFlags = &H1 ' Type of directory to return
X = SHBrowseForFolder(bInfo) ' display the dialog
' Parse the result
path = Space$(512)
r = SHGetPathFromIDList(ByVal X, ByVal path)
If r Then
pos = InStr(path, Chr$(0))
GetFolderName = Left(path, pos - 1)
Else
GetFolderName = ""
End If
End Function


Sub TestGetFolderName()
Dim FolderName As String
FolderName = GetFolderName("Select a folder")
If FolderName = "" Then
MsgBox "You didn't select a folder."
Else
MsgBox "You selected this folder: " & FolderName
End If
End Sub


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