Microsoft KB Archive/181398

= WD97: Macro to Remove a Subdirectory in Word for Windows =

Article ID: 181398

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q181398





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 example deletes all files from a directory and then deletes the directory: Sub RemFilesAndDir Kill "C:\MyDocs\Docs\*.*" RmDir "C:\MyDocs\Docs" End Sub

