ChDir
Changes the current directory or folder.
Syntax: ChDir path
- path
- required A string expression that identifies which directory or folder becomes the new default directory or folder. The path may include the drive. If no drive is specified, ChDir changes the default directory or folder on the current drive.
The ChDir statement changes the default directory but not the default drive. For example, if the default drive is C, the following statement changes the default directory on drive D, but C remains the default drive:
ChDir "D:\TMP" ' Make "D:\TMP" the current folder.
ChDrive "D" ' Make "D" the current drive.
Common Errors
| Error | When |
|---|---|
-2147467259 (&H80004005), Unspecified error | path names no folder that exists, which includes a file, a drive that does not exist, a zero-length string, and a name with a wildcard or a character a name cannot hold |
94 (&H5E), Invalid use of Null | path is Null |
Note BETA 1034
When path names no folder that exists, which includes a file, a drive that does not exist, a zero-length string, and a name with a wildcard or a character a name cannot hold, VB6 and 64-bit VBA raise error 76 (&H4C), Path not found, instead.
Example
This example uses the ChDir statement to change the current directory or folder.
' Change current directory or folder to "MYDIR".
ChDir "MYDIR"
' Assume "C:" is the current drive. The following statement changes
' the default directory on drive "D:". "C:" remains the current drive.
ChDir "D:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM"