How To Copy or Move Files From One Folder To Another Based On A List in Excel

1/29/2019 How to copy or move files from one folder to another based on a list in Excel?
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How To Copy Or Move Files From One Folder To Another

Based On A List In Excel?
If you have a list of file names in a column in a worksheet, and the files locate in a folder in your
computor. But, now, you need to move or copy these files which names are listed into the
worksheet from their original folder to another one as following screenshot shown. How could you
finish this task as quickly as you can in Excel?
Copy or move files from one folder to another based on a list in Excel with VBA code
 Copy Or Move Files From One Folder To Another Based On A List In Excel
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To move the files from one folder to another based on a list of files names, the following VBA
code may do you a favor, please do as this:
1. Hold down the Alt + F11 keys in Excel, and it opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for
Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following VBA code in the Module Window.
VBA code: Move files from one folder to another based on a list in Excel
1 Sub movefiles()
2 'Updateby Extendoffice
3 Dim xRg As Range, xCell As Range
4 Dim xSFileDlg As FileDialog, xDFileDlg As FileDialog
5 Dim xSPathStr As Variant, xDPathStr As Variant
6 Dim xVal As String
7 On Error Resume Next
8 Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Please select the file names:", "Ku
9 If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
10 Set xSFileDlg = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
11 xSFileDlg.Title = " Please select the original folder:"
12 If xSFileDlg.Show <> -1 Then Exit Sub
13 xSPathStr = xSFileDlg.SelectedItems.Item(1) & "\"
14 Set xDFileDlg = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
15 xDFileDlg.Title = " Please select the destination folder:"
16 If xDFileDlg.Show <> -1 Then Exit Sub
17 xDPathStr = xDFileDlg.SelectedItems.Item(1) & "\"
18 For Each xCell In xRg
19 xVal = xCell.Value
20 If TypeName(xVal) = "String" And xVal <> "" Then
21 FileCopy xSPathStr & xVal, xDPathStr & xVal
22 Kill xSPathStr & xVal
23 End If
24 Next
25 End Sub
3. And then press F5 key to run this code, and a prompt box will pop out to remind you selecting
the cells which contain the file names, see screenshot:
4. Then click OK button, and in the popped out window, please select the folder which contains
the files that you want to move from, see screenshot:
5. And then click OK, go on selecting the destination folder where you want to locate the files in
another popped out window, see screenshot:
6. Finally, click OK to close the window, and now, the files have been moved into another folder
you specified based on the file names in worksheet list, see screenshot:
Note: If you just want to copy the files to another folder, but keep the original files, please apply
the below VBA code:
VBA code: Copy files from one folder to another based on a list in Excel
1/29/20191 Sub copyfiles() How to copy or move files from one folder to another based on a list in Excel?
2 'Updateby Extendoffice
3 Dim xRg As Range, xCell As Range
4 Dim xSFileDlg As FileDialog, xDFileDlg As FileDialog
5 Dim xSPathStr As Variant, xDPathStr As Variant
6 Dim xVal As String
7 On Error Resume Next
8 Set xRg = Application.InputBox("Please select the file names:", "Ku
9 If xRg Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
10 Set xSFileDlg = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
11 xSFileDlg.Title = "Please select the original folder:"
12 If xSFileDlg.Show <> -1 Then Exit Sub
13 xSPathStr = xSFileDlg.SelectedItems.Item(1) & "\"
14 Set xDFileDlg = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
15 xDFileDlg.Title = "Please select the destination folder:"
16 If xDFileDlg.Show <> -1 Then Exit Sub
17 xDPathStr = xDFileDlg.SelectedItems.Item(1) & "\"
18 For Each xCell In xRg
19 xVal = xCell.Value
20 If TypeName(xVal) = "String" And xVal <> "" Then
21 FileCopy xSPathStr & xVal, xDPathStr & xVal
22 End If
23 Next
24 End Sub
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Andy · 2 months ago
Any tips on how to modify the code to add a wide card? I have an archive of hundreds of PDF files that
are 10 digit numbers and revision level (XXXXXXXXXX_REVA). I can export a list of file names very
easily from our ERP system, but the list is missing the revision and file extension. Is there a way to add
wild cards into the program to ignore everything BUT the 10 digit number?
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PWD · 2 months ago
Hello,
how to make this code copy files from subfolders?
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Pr · 3 months ago
Hi Guys,
How I need to change '' If TypeName(xVal) = "String" And xVal <> "" Then '' to move files based on
partial file name.
Thanks in advance,
Best regards, P
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Sidney · 5 months ago
Você não tem noção de como me ajudou com esse script... Muito bom!!! Obrigado!!!
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Robinson · 8 months ago
Obrigado!!!!
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