Copying files from one folder to another using vba

Question

There are some similar posts about this topic, I know. However, I have a code which is different than all codes I have seen here (when talking about this subject).

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Answer 1

For moving all files in a folder:

Sub MoveFiles()

Dim MyFile As String

MyFile = Dir("C:\AAAA\*.*")

Do Until MyFile = ""

Name "C:\AAAA\" & MyFile As "C:\AAA\" & MyFile

MyFile = Dir

Loop

End Sub

Answer 2

To copy all files and sub-folders recursively, use the following code:

Public Sub CopyDirectory(ByVal source As String, ByVal destination As String)
    Dim fso, file, folder As Object
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    'Delete existing folder
    If fso.FolderExists(destination) Then fso.DeleteFolder destination, True
    fso.CreateFolder destination
    For Each file in fso.GetFolder(source).files
        fso.CopyFile file.Path, destination & "\" & file.Name
    Next file
    For Each folder in fso.GetFolder(source).SubFolders
        CopyDirectory folder.Path, destination & "\" & folder.Name
    Next folder
End Sub

Use as following:

CopyFile "C:\Path To Source", "C:\Path to destination"

Note that the paths should not include a trailing directory separator (\).

Answer 3

This is because fso.CopyFile "C:\Users\Desktop\Files\file", "C:\Users\Desktop\Files\Old\file" is not a file... It's just a string to a dummy file from the looks of it.

If instead the line was

fso.CopyFile fil.Path, "C:\Users\Desktop\Files\Old\" & fil.name... that might work.

Updated to add:

I just attempted the following using (subbing computer username for below) and had success moving everything into a new folder:

Sub test()
    Dim fso As FileSystemObject
    Dim fsoFiles As Files
    Dim fil As File

    Set fso = New FileSystemObject
    Set fils = fso.GetFolder("C:\Users\<MY USERNAME>\Desktop\").Files

    For Each fil In fils
        n = fil.Name
        d = fil.DateLastModified
        fso.CopyFile fil.Path, fil.ParentFolder & "\test\" & fil.Name

    Next fil
End Sub

The only difference here is that I used fil.ParentFolder to get my Desktop and then tossed it into a new folder I created on my desktop (prior to running the script) named "test".