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Using VBA to move system files
Hello,
I have the task of sorting though thousands of music files all of which all reside in their own folders. There is one main folder called MUSIC. In that folder is about 2800 folders, each of which has one or more mp3 files in it. I'd like to write a program which will scan all of those folders and move (not copy) all of the mp3 files into one common folder. Can this be done in VBA? If so, please help me out with some required system commands. thanks, Andy |
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HI Andy
Here's how to move a file: Sub test() Name "C:\Temp\File.txt" As "D:\Folder\File0001.txt" End Sub For all files in a folder with or without subfolders there are plenty of solutions. Here are first three from googling vba all files in folder: http://www.vbaexpress.com/kb/getarticle.php?kb_id=245 http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=1487 http://www.exceltip.com/st/List_file...Excel/446.html HTH. Best wishes Harald "Andrew" wrote in message ... Hello, I have the task of sorting though thousands of music files all of which all reside in their own folders. There is one main folder called MUSIC. In that folder is about 2800 folders, each of which has one or more mp3 files in it. I'd like to write a program which will scan all of those folders and move (not copy) all of the mp3 files into one common folder. Can this be done in VBA? If so, please help me out with some required system commands. thanks, Andy |
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Thanks Harald. That looks like what I need.
Andy On Nov 10, 12:32*am, "Harald Staff" wrote: HI Andy Here's how to move a file: Sub test() Name "C:\Temp\File.txt" As "D:\Folder\File0001.txt" End Sub For all files in a folder with or without subfolders there are plenty of solutions. Here are first three from googling vba all files in folder: http://www.vbaexpress.com/kb/getarticle.php?kb_id=245 http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=1487 http://www.exceltip.com/st/List_file...Microsoft_Scri... HTH. Best wishes Harald "Andrew" wrote in message ... Hello, I have the task of sorting though thousands of music files all of which all reside in their own folders. *There is one main folder called MUSIC. *In that folder is about 2800 folders, each of which has one or more mp3 files in it. *I'd like to write a program which will scan all of those folders and move (not copy) all of the mp3 files into one common folder. *Can this be done in VBA? *If so, please help me out with some required system commands. thanks, Andy |
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Just a warning/question...
Won't you have to worry about MP3 files in different starting folders that share the same name? I'd copy them to the combined folder and only delete them if the copy didn't cause heartache. ps. When I want to do this kind of thing, I'll use windows explorer's search to search for *.mp3 files. Then I could select all of the files in the results window and hit ctrl-x. Then paste them where I want. But I'd be careful with the duplicate names destroying files here, too. On 11/09/2010 20:50, Andrew wrote: Hello, I have the task of sorting though thousands of music files all of which all reside in their own folders. There is one main folder called MUSIC. In that folder is about 2800 folders, each of which has one or more mp3 files in it. I'd like to write a program which will scan all of those folders and move (not copy) all of the mp3 files into one common folder. Can this be done in VBA? If so, please help me out with some required system commands. thanks, Andy -- Dave Peterson |
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You're right Dave. "Born to Run" by Bruce might be overwritten by some
Karaoke version. Additional information needed is probably in John's page http://spreadsheetpage.com/index.php...3_file_lister/ but Bruce Karaoke is not easy to hardcode. Best wishes Harald "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Just a warning/question... Won't you have to worry about MP3 files in different starting folders that share the same name? I'd copy them to the combined folder and only delete them if the copy didn't cause heartache. ps. When I want to do this kind of thing, I'll use windows explorer's search to search for *.mp3 files. Then I could select all of the files in the results window and hit ctrl-x. Then paste them where I want. But I'd be careful with the duplicate names destroying files here, too. On 11/09/2010 20:50, Andrew wrote: Hello, I have the task of sorting though thousands of music files all of which all reside in their own folders. There is one main folder called MUSIC. In that folder is about 2800 folders, each of which has one or more mp3 files in it. I'd like to write a program which will scan all of those folders and move (not copy) all of the mp3 files into one common folder. Can this be done in VBA? If so, please help me out with some required system commands. thanks, Andy -- Dave Peterson |
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On Nov 10, 11:27*am, "Harald Staff" wrote:
You're right Dave. "Born to Run" by Bruce might be overwritten by some Karaoke version. Additional information needed is probably in John's pagehttp://spreadsheetpage.com/index.php/file/mp3_file_lister/but Bruce Karaoke is not easy to hardcode. Best wishes Harald "Dave Peterson" wrote in message ... Just a warning/question... Won't you have to worry about MP3 files in different starting folders that share the same name? I'd copy them to the combined folder and only delete them if the copy didn't cause heartache. ps. When I want to do this kind of thing, I'll use windows explorer's search to search for *.mp3 files. Then I could select all of the files in the results window and hit ctrl-x. Then paste them where I want. But I'd be careful with the duplicate names destroying files here, too. On 11/09/2010 20:50, Andrew wrote: Hello, I have the task of sorting though thousands of music files all of which all reside in their own folders. *There is one main folder called MUSIC. *In that folder is about 2800 folders, each of which has one or more mp3 files in it. *I'd like to write a program which will scan all of those folders and move (not copy) all of the mp3 files into one common folder. *Can this be done in VBA? *If so, please help me out with some required system commands. thanks, Andy -- Dave Peterson Thanks. That is a good thing to consider. I hadn't thought about the more simpler method of using explorer to find all mp3s. Sometimes I think I look for excuses to write programs. |
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