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copy explorer folder list to excel
Hello
I want to develop a spreadsheet (Excel) which will have all the files in one of my folders as on of its columns! I have tried opening explorer , using copy & paste, but it doesn't seem to work Can anybody help please ? Thanks KK |
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Try this. Allows you to select file extension or serach on all files and then
select search folder. Puts the results in a new worksheet but that would be easily changed:- Option Explicit Sub SrchForFiles() Dim i As Long, z As Long, Rw As Long Dim ws As Worksheet Dim y As Variant Dim fLdr As String, Fil As String, FPath As String y = Application.InputBox("Please Enter File Extension - leave blank for all files", "Info Request") If y = False And Not TypeName(y) = "String" Then Exit Sub Application.ScreenUpdating = False With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker) .Show fLdr = .SelectedItems(1) End With With Application.FileSearch .NewSearch .LookIn = fLdr .SearchSubFolders = True .Filename = y Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Add(Sheets(1)) On Error GoTo 1 2: ws.Name = "FileSearch Results" On Error GoTo 0 If .Execute() 0 Then For i = 1 To .FoundFiles.Count Fil = .FoundFiles(i) FPath = Left(Fil, Len(Fil) - Len(Split(Fil, "\")(UBound(Split(Fil, "\")))) - 1) If Left$(Fil, 1) = Left$(fLdr, 1) Then If CBool(Len(Dir(Fil))) Then z = z + 1 ws.Cells(z + 1, 1).Resize(, 4) = _ Array(Dir(Fil), _ FileLen(Fil) / 1000, _ FileDateTime(Fil), _ FPath) ws.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=Cells(z + 1, 1), _ Address:=.FoundFiles(i) End If End If Next i End If End With ActiveWindow.DisplayHeadings = False With ws Rw = .Cells.Rows.Count With .[A1:D1] .Value = [{"Full Name","Kilobytes","Last Modified", "Path"}] .Font.Underline = xlUnderlineStyleSingle .EntireColumn.AutoFit .HorizontalAlignment = xlCenter End With .[E1:IV1 ].EntireColumn.Hidden = True On Error Resume Next Range(Cells(Rw, "A").End(3)(2), Cells(Rw, "A")).EntireRow.Hidden = True Range(.[A2 ], Cells(Rw, "C")).Sort [A2 ], xlAscending, Header:=xlNo End With Application.ScreenUpdating = True Exit Sub 1: Application.DisplayAlerts = False Worksheets("FileSearch Results").Delete Application.DisplayAlerts = True GoTo 2 End Sub Mike "KK" wrote: Hello I want to develop a spreadsheet (Excel) which will have all the files in one of my folders as on of its columns! I have tried opening explorer , using copy & paste, but it doesn't seem to work Can anybody help please ? Thanks KK |
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Hi Kk,
I want to develop a spreadsheet (Excel) which will have all the files in one of my folders as on of its columns! I have tried opening explorer , using copy & paste, but it doesn't seem to work Can anybody help please ? In B1, enter your path and file wildcard, e.g. c:\my documents\*.xls Then select Insert, name, define. Type FileList in the name box and =FILES($B$1) in the RefersTo box and hit enter. Now in cell A1 type : =INDEX(FILES,ROW()) copy down. Note: Excel 2000 crashes if you copy a cell with this formula to another worksheet. Regards, Jan Karel Pieterse Excel MVP http://www.jkp-ads.com Member of: Professional Office Developer Association www.proofficedev.com |
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You might also want to take a look at the "List Files" program from
http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primi...e/products.php Its pretty easy to use, has a nice ReadMe file, and is adaptable to many uses. -- Best Regards, Luke Moraga "KK" wrote: Hello I want to develop a spreadsheet (Excel) which will have all the files in one of my folders as on of its columns! I have tried opening explorer , using copy & paste, but it doesn't seem to work Can anybody help please ? Thanks KK |
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copy explorer folder list - Thanks, but Im struggling
Jan
Thanks for the help, but I'm struggling to understand. I cannot find the menu sequence Insert/name/define ! I suspect the problem is that I have excel 2007 (sorry - I should have said so in my original email) Thanks again KK "Jan Karel Pieterse" wrote in message ... Hi Kk, I want to develop a spreadsheet (Excel) which will have all the files in one of my folders as on of its columns! I have tried opening explorer , using copy & paste, but it doesn't seem to work Can anybody help please ? In B1, enter your path and file wildcard, e.g. c:\my documents\*.xls Then select Insert, name, define. Type FileList in the name box and =FILES($B$1) in the RefersTo box and hit enter. Now in cell A1 type : =INDEX(FILES,ROW()) copy down. Note: Excel 2000 crashes if you copy a cell with this formula to another worksheet. Regards, Jan Karel Pieterse Excel MVP http://www.jkp-ads.com Member of: Professional Office Developer Association www.proofficedev.com |
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copy explorer folder list - Thanks, but Im struggling
Hi
There was a small typo in Jan Karel's formula to be entered in A1 =INDEX(FILES,ROW()) should have read =INDEX(FILELIST,ROW()) In XL2007, to Insert the name Filelist, Formulas tabDefined Names sectionDefine Name -- Regards Roger Govier "KK" wrote in message ... Jan Thanks for the help, but I'm struggling to understand. I cannot find the menu sequence Insert/name/define ! I suspect the problem is that I have excel 2007 (sorry - I should have said so in my original email) Thanks again KK "Jan Karel Pieterse" wrote in message ... Hi Kk, I want to develop a spreadsheet (Excel) which will have all the files in one of my folders as on of its columns! I have tried opening explorer , using copy & paste, but it doesn't seem to work Can anybody help please ? In B1, enter your path and file wildcard, e.g. c:\my documents\*.xls Then select Insert, name, define. Type FileList in the name box and =FILES($B$1) in the RefersTo box and hit enter. Now in cell A1 type : =INDEX(FILES,ROW()) copy down. Note: Excel 2000 crashes if you copy a cell with this formula to another worksheet. Regards, Jan Karel Pieterse Excel MVP http://www.jkp-ads.com Member of: Professional Office Developer Association www.proofficedev.com |
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copy explorer folder list - Thanks, but Im struggling
Hi Roger,
There was a small typo in Jan Karel's formula to be entered in A1 =INDEX(FILES,ROW()) should have read =INDEX(FILELIST,ROW()) In XL2007, to Insert the name Filelist, Formulas tabDefined Names sectionDefine Name Thanks for jumping in and correcting my mistake. Ron De bruin has a nice page which shows you what commands went where in XL2007: http://www.rondebruin.nl/0307commands.htm Regards, Jan Karel Pieterse Excel MVP http://www.jkp-ads.com Member of: Professional Office Developer Association www.proofficedev.com |
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copy explorer folder list - Thanks, but Im struggling
Hi Jan Karel
Thanks for jumping in and correcting my mistake. As the OP was from some time ago, I didn't know whether you were "around" to pick it up!!! In addition to the help that Ron has put on his site, I came across this add-in from MS recently, which inserts a Get Started tab on the ribbon with lots of useful help for new users when trying to get to grips with the new Ribbon layout http://snipurl.com/1jr7e This includes an interactive guide where you can see a 2003 layout, hover over the command and it will show you where that is now located. Click on the command and the screen changes to XL2007 with the area of the Ribbon highlighted. There are direct links from the new ribbon tab to MS sites with demo videos etc. -- Regards Roger Govier "Jan Karel Pieterse" wrote in message ... Hi Roger, There was a small typo in Jan Karel's formula to be entered in A1 =INDEX(FILES,ROW()) should have read =INDEX(FILELIST,ROW()) In XL2007, to Insert the name Filelist, Formulas tabDefined Names sectionDefine Name Thanks for jumping in and correcting my mistake. Ron De bruin has a nice page which shows you what commands went where in XL2007: http://www.rondebruin.nl/0307commands.htm Regards, Jan Karel Pieterse Excel MVP http://www.jkp-ads.com Member of: Professional Office Developer Association www.proofficedev.com |
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copy explorer folder list - Thanks again, & file sizes
Jan (and Roger )
Thanks again, this works nicely. I can't seem to find help pages on the =FILES function, so is it a VBA command or something ? Are there other similar commands for getting file info, specifically can I also read the file size ? Thanks again K "Jan Karel Pieterse" wrote in message ... Hi Roger, There was a small typo in Jan Karel's formula to be entered in A1 =INDEX(FILES,ROW()) should have read =INDEX(FILELIST,ROW()) In XL2007, to Insert the name Filelist, Formulas tabDefined Names sectionDefine Name Thanks for jumping in and correcting my mistake. Ron De bruin has a nice page which shows you what commands went where in XL2007: http://www.rondebruin.nl/0307commands.htm Regards, Jan Karel Pieterse Excel MVP http://www.jkp-ads.com Member of: Professional Office Developer Association www.proofficedev.com |
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copy explorer folder list - Thanks again, & file sizes
Hi Kk,
n't seem to find help pages on the =FILES function, so is it a VBA command or something ? Are there other similar commands for getting file info, specifically can I also read the file size ? It is an ancient xl4 macro function. Check out this page for more info: http://www.jkp-ads.com/Articles/ExcelNames08.htm Regards, Jan Karel Pieterse Excel MVP http://www.jkp-ads.com Member of: Professional Office Developer Association www.proofficedev.com |
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