How to check if file already exists in the folder

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I am trying to copy some files to folder   I am using the following statement to check if the source fie exists   If My Computer FileSystem FileExists fileToCopy  Then  But I donot know how to check if file exists in the folder before copying  Please advise   Thanks and best regards  Furqan

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In Visual Basic   Dim FileName    newfile xml    The Name of file with its Extension Example A txt or A xml  Dim FilePath   C  MyFolderName   amp       amp  FileName   First Name of Directory and Then Name of Folder if it exists and then attach the name of file you want to search   If System IO File Exists FilePath  Then     MsgBox  The file exists   Else     MsgBox  the file doesn t exist   End If

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Dim SourcePath As String    c  SomeFolder SomeFileYouWantToCopy txt   This is just an example string and could be anything  it maps to fileToCopy in your code  Dim SaveDirectory As string    c  DestinationFolder   Dim Filename As String   System IO Path GetFileName SourcePath   get the filename of the original file without the directory on it Dim SavePath As String   System IO Path Combine SaveDirectory  Filename   combines the saveDirectory and the filename to get a fully qualified path   If System IO File Exists SavePath  Then     The file exists Else      the file doesn t exist End If

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