WD2000: Macro to Remove a Folder or Directory in Word for Windows

ID: Q201963

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

The RmDir command can be used to remove a specified folder, subfolder, directory, or subdirectory. Before the directory can be deleted, all the files in the directory must be removed. The Kill statement can be used to delete files from a directory.

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Syntax

RmDir DirName$

The following sample deletes all files from a directory and then deletes the directory:


   Sub RemFilesAndDir()
      Kill "C:\MyDocs\Docs\*.*"
      RmDir "C:\MyDocs\Docs"
   End Sub

For more information about the RmDir statement, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type RmDir in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

REFERENCES

For additional information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
TITLE : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: vb

Keywords : kbdta kbdtacode OffVBA kbmacroexample kbwordvba wd2000
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto