Microsoft KB Archive/201963

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

Article ID: 201963

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q201963





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.

