path-property-filesystemobject-object.md

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Path property (FileSystemObject object)	vblr6.chm2181960	vblr6.chm2181960	15eed13b-9252-e195-0c54-9e3c82ce987f	12/19/2018	medium

Path property

Returns the path for a specified file, folder, or drive.

Syntax

object.Path

The object is always a File, Folder, or Drive object.

Remarks

For drive letters, the root drive is not included. For example, the path for the C drive is C:, not C:\.

For files, the Path property includes the filename and extension.

The following code illustrates the use of the Path property with a File object.

Sub ShowFileAccessInfo(filespec)
    Dim fs, d, f, s
    Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set f = fs.GetFile(filespec)
    s = UCase(f.Path) & vbCrLf
    s = s & "Created: " & f.DateCreated & vbCrLf
    s = s & "Last Accessed: " & f.DateLastAccessed & vbCrLf
    s = s & "Last Modified: " & f.DateLastModified  
    MsgBox s, 0, "File Access Info"
End Sub

This will return a Message Box with content in the format:

**File Access Info**
C:\MY\PATH\MYFILENAME.PDF
Created: 6/6/2022 1:30:42 PM
Last Accessed: 6/6/2022 4:30:23 PM
Last Modified: 6/6/2022 4:30:23 PM

See also

• Objects (Visual Basic for Applications)
• Visual Basic language reference

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