ChDrive

Changes the current drive.

Syntax: ChDrive drive

drive

required A string expression that specifies an existing drive. If drive is a zero-length string (“”), the current drive doesn’t change. If the drive argument is a multiple-character string, ChDrive uses only the first letter.

Common Errors

Error	When
-2147467259 (&H80004005), Unspecified error	drive starts with a letter that no drive has drive starts with a digit, a space or a punctuation character
94 (&H5E), Invalid use of Null	drive is Null

Note BETA 1034

When drive starts with a letter that no drive has, VB6 and 64-bit VBA raise error 68 (&H44), Device unavailable, instead.

Note BETA 1034

When drive starts with a digit, a space or a punctuation character, VB6 and 64-bit VBA raise error 5 (&H5), Invalid procedure call or argument, instead.

See Also

• ChDir, MkDir, and RmDir statements
• CurDir function

Example

This example uses the ChDrive statement to change the current drive.

ChDrive "D"   ' Make "D" the current drive.