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Moving folders to another directory

I recently posted a question here about moving files to another directory (Moving files to another directory), now I want to move folders, which will then be archived.

The layout is the same with the existing folder in A, target in B and a column C to confirm if completed.

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Code provided was 

Sub move_files()
    Dim i As Long
    With ActiveSheet
        For i = 2 To .Cells(.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
            Err.Clear
            On Error Resume Next
            Name (.Cells(i, 1)) As .Cells(i, 2) & "\" & StrReverse(Split(StrReverse(.Cells(i, 1)), "\")(0))
            If Err = 0 Then .Cells(i, 3) = "YES" Else .Cells(i, 3) = "NO"
            On Error GoTo 0
        Next
    End With
End Sub

Given I am trying to move an entire column, does anyone know if the above can be adapted to move the folder as it only currently works for files. I have searched online but is usually only for one file.

Solution

  • This is a revised version moving folders only. Hopefully it will work. 

    Sub move_folders()
  Dim i As Long
  Dim oFSO As Object
  Dim sep As String

  Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
  With ActiveSheet
    For i = 2 To .Cells(.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
      Err.Clear
      If Left(StrReverse(.Cells(i, 2)), 1) = "\" Then sep = "" Else sep = "\"
      On Error Resume Next
      oFSO.MoveFolder .Cells(i, 1), .Cells(i, 2) & sep & StrReverse(Split(StrReverse(.Cells(i, 1)), "\")(0))
      If Err = 0 Then .Cells(i, 3) = "YES" Else .Cells(i, 3) = "NO"
      On Error GoTo 0
    Next
  End With
End Sub