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WD97: Macro to Remove a Subdirectory in Word for Windows

Article ID: 181398

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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

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For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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