Microsoft® Visual Basic® Scripting Edition FolderExists Method | Language Reference Version 3

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##### Description

> Returns True if a specified folder exists; False if it does not.

##### Syntax

> object.FolderExists(folderspec)

> The FolderExists method syntax has these parts:

> Part | Description
> object | Required. Always the name of a FileSystemObject.
> folderspec | Required. The name of the folder whose existence is to be determined. A complete path specification (either absolute or relative) must be provided if the folder isn't expected to exist in the current folder.

##### Remarks

> The following example illustrates use of the FolderExists method:

> >     Function ReportFolderStatus(fldr)
> >       Dim fso, msg
> >       Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
> >       If (fso.FolderExists(fldr)) Then
> >         msg = fldr & " exists."
> >       Else
> >         msg = fldr & " doesn't exist."
> >       End If
> >       ReportFolderStatus = msg
> >     End Function

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