File System Object: Get Files information in Excel

In this article you will learn how to get the files information from a folder like File Name, File Type, File size, Last modify date etc. in excel sheet. We will use the file system object to create this.

To use the file system object you need to add “Microsoft Scripting Runtime” Reference. To add this Reference go to Visual basic editor > Tools > References > Microsoft Scripting Runtime

File System Object

We have taken the folder path on excel worksheet Sheet1 cell H1. After clicking the Get Information button, you will get all the available files information in excel as given in below image.

Below is the VBA code get this information in Excel-

Option Explicit

Sub Get_Files_Information()

Dim sh As Worksheet
Set sh = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")

Dim fso As New FileSystemObject
Dim fo As Folder
Dim f As File

Set fo = fso.GetFolder(sh.Range("H1").Value)

Dim last_raw As Integer

For Each f In fo.Files
     last_raw = sh.Range("A" & Application.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1
     sh.Range("A" & last_raw).Value = f.Name
     sh.Range("B" & last_raw).Value = f.Type
     sh.Range("C" & last_raw).Value = f.Size / 1024
     sh.Range("D" & last_raw).Value = f.DateLastModified
Next


MsgBox "Done"

End Sub

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