How do I create a folder in VB if it doesn t exist

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I wrote myself a little downloading application so that I could easily grab a set of files from my server and put them all onto a new pc with  a clean install of Windows  without actually going on the net   Unfortunately I m having problems creating the folder I want to put them in and am unsure how to go about it   I want my program to download the apps to program files any name here   So basically I need a function that checks if a folder exists  and if it doesn t it creates it

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Under System IO  there is a class called Directory  Do the following   If Not Directory Exists path  Then     Directory CreateDirectory path  End If   It will ensure that the directory is there

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Since the question didn t specify  NET  this should work in VBScript or VB6   Dim objFSO  strFolder strFolder    C  Temp  Set objFSO   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject   If Not objFSO FolderExists strFolder  Then    objFSO CreateFolder strFolder  End If

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Try the System IO DirectoryInfo class   The sample from MSDN   Imports System Imports System IO  Public Class Test     Public Shared Sub Main             Specify the directories you want to manipulate          Dim di As DirectoryInfo   New DirectoryInfo  c  MyDir           Try               Determine whether the directory exists              If di Exists Then                   Indicate that it already exists                  Console WriteLine  That path exists already                    Return             End If                Try to create the directory              di Create               Console WriteLine  The directory was created successfully                   Delete the directory              di Delete               Console WriteLine  The directory was deleted successfully             Catch e As Exception             Console WriteLine  The process failed   0    e ToString            End Try     End Sub End Class

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You should try using  the File System Object or FSO  There are many methods belonging to this object that check if folders exist as well as creating new folders

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imports System IO   if Not Directory Exists Path  then   Directory CreateDirectory Path  end if

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Under System IO  there is a class called Directory  Do the following   If Not Directory Exists path  Then     Directory CreateDirectory path  End If   It will ensure that the directory is there

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Since the question didn t specify  NET  this should work in VBScript or VB6   Dim objFSO  strFolder strFolder    C  Temp  Set objFSO   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject   If Not objFSO FolderExists strFolder  Then    objFSO CreateFolder strFolder  End If

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I see how this would work  what would be the process to create a dialog box that allows the user name the folder and place it where you want to   Cheers

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If Not System IO Directory Exists YourPath   Then     System IO Directory CreateDirectory YourPath  End If

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If Not Directory Exists somePath  then     Directory CreateDirectory somePath  End If

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Just do this           Dim sPath As String    Folder path here      If  My Computer FileSystem DirectoryExists sPath    False  Then         My Computer FileSystem CreateDirectory sPath      lt Folder name gt        Else          Something else happens  because the folder exists     End If   I declared the folder path as a String  sPath  so that way if you do use it multiple times it can be changed easily but also it can be changed through the program itself   Hope it helps   -nfell2009

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imports System IO   if Not Directory Exists Path  then   Directory CreateDirectory Path  end if

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If Not System IO Directory Exists YourPath   Then     System IO Directory CreateDirectory YourPath  End If

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Try this  Directory Exists TheFolderName  and Directory CreateDirectory TheFolderName    You may need  Imports System IO

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Try this  Directory Exists TheFolderName  and Directory CreateDirectory TheFolderName    You may need  Imports System IO

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imports System IO   if Not Directory Exists Path  then   Directory CreateDirectory Path  end if

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Under System IO  there is a class called Directory  Do the following   If Not Directory Exists path  Then     Directory CreateDirectory path  End If   It will ensure that the directory is there

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Just do this           Dim sPath As String    Folder path here      If  My Computer FileSystem DirectoryExists sPath    False  Then         My Computer FileSystem CreateDirectory sPath      lt Folder name gt        Else          Something else happens  because the folder exists     End If   I declared the folder path as a String  sPath  so that way if you do use it multiple times it can be changed easily but also it can be changed through the program itself   Hope it helps   -nfell2009

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If Not Directory Exists somePath  then     Directory CreateDirectory somePath  End If

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VB NET  System IO Directory Exists string path

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Try the System IO DirectoryInfo class   The sample from MSDN   Imports System Imports System IO  Public Class Test     Public Shared Sub Main             Specify the directories you want to manipulate          Dim di As DirectoryInfo   New DirectoryInfo  c  MyDir           Try               Determine whether the directory exists              If di Exists Then                   Indicate that it already exists                  Console WriteLine  That path exists already                    Return             End If                Try to create the directory              di Create               Console WriteLine  The directory was created successfully                   Delete the directory              di Delete               Console WriteLine  The directory was deleted successfully             Catch e As Exception             Console WriteLine  The process failed   0    e ToString            End Try     End Sub End Class

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Since the question didn t specify  NET  this should work in VBScript or VB6   Dim objFSO  strFolder strFolder    C  Temp  Set objFSO   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject   If Not objFSO FolderExists strFolder  Then    objFSO CreateFolder strFolder  End If

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VB NET  System IO Directory Exists string path

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Try this  Directory Exists TheFolderName  and Directory CreateDirectory TheFolderName    You may need  Imports System IO

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Directory CreateDirectory   should do it  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library system io directory createdirectory VS 71  aspx  Also  in Vista  you probably cannot write into C  directly unless you run it as an admin  so you might just want to bypass that and create the dir you want in a sub-dir of C   which i d say is a good practice to be followed anyways  -- its unbelievable how many people just dump crap onto C   Hope that helps

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Directory CreateDirectory   should do it  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library system io directory createdirectory VS 71  aspx  Also  in Vista  you probably cannot write into C  directly unless you run it as an admin  so you might just want to bypass that and create the dir you want in a sub-dir of C   which i d say is a good practice to be followed anyways  -- its unbelievable how many people just dump crap onto C   Hope that helps

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You should try using  the File System Object or FSO  There are many methods belonging to this object that check if folders exist as well as creating new folders

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Directory CreateDirectory   should do it  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library system io directory createdirectory VS 71  aspx  Also  in Vista  you probably cannot write into C  directly unless you run it as an admin  so you might just want to bypass that and create the dir you want in a sub-dir of C   which i d say is a good practice to be followed anyways  -- its unbelievable how many people just dump crap onto C   Hope that helps

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Try the System IO DirectoryInfo class   The sample from MSDN   Imports System Imports System IO  Public Class Test     Public Shared Sub Main             Specify the directories you want to manipulate          Dim di As DirectoryInfo   New DirectoryInfo  c  MyDir           Try               Determine whether the directory exists              If di Exists Then                   Indicate that it already exists                  Console WriteLine  That path exists already                    Return             End If                Try to create the directory              di Create               Console WriteLine  The directory was created successfully                   Delete the directory              di Delete               Console WriteLine  The directory was deleted successfully             Catch e As Exception             Console WriteLine  The process failed   0    e ToString            End Try     End Sub End Class

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imports System IO   if Not Directory Exists Path  then   Directory CreateDirectory Path  end if

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Under System IO  there is a class called Directory  Do the following   If Not Directory Exists path  Then     Directory CreateDirectory path  End If   It will ensure that the directory is there

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If Not System IO Directory Exists YourPath   Then     System IO Directory CreateDirectory YourPath  End If

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You should try using  the File System Object or FSO  There are many methods belonging to this object that check if folders exist as well as creating new folders

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VB NET  System IO Directory Exists string path

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Try this  Directory Exists TheFolderName  and Directory CreateDirectory TheFolderName    You may need  Imports System IO

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You should try using  the File System Object or FSO  There are many methods belonging to this object that check if folders exist as well as creating new folders

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Directory CreateDirectory   should do it  http   msdn microsoft com en-us library system io directory createdirectory VS 71  aspx  Also  in Vista  you probably cannot write into C  directly unless you run it as an admin  so you might just want to bypass that and create the dir you want in a sub-dir of C   which i d say is a good practice to be followed anyways  -- its unbelievable how many people just dump crap onto C   Hope that helps

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If Not System IO Directory Exists YourPath   Then     System IO Directory CreateDirectory YourPath  End If

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Try the System IO DirectoryInfo class   The sample from MSDN   Imports System Imports System IO  Public Class Test     Public Shared Sub Main             Specify the directories you want to manipulate          Dim di As DirectoryInfo   New DirectoryInfo  c  MyDir           Try               Determine whether the directory exists              If di Exists Then                   Indicate that it already exists                  Console WriteLine  That path exists already                    Return             End If                Try to create the directory              di Create               Console WriteLine  The directory was created successfully                   Delete the directory              di Delete               Console WriteLine  The directory was deleted successfully             Catch e As Exception             Console WriteLine  The process failed   0    e ToString            End Try     End Sub End Class

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I see how this would work  what would be the process to create a dialog box that allows the user name the folder and place it where you want to   Cheers

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Since the question didn t specify  NET  this should work in VBScript or VB6   Dim objFSO  strFolder strFolder    C  Temp  Set objFSO   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject   If Not objFSO FolderExists strFolder  Then    objFSO CreateFolder strFolder  End If

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VB NET  System IO Directory Exists string path

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