Recursive Search Through Subfolders BACK to Root Directory - excel

Question

I have a function that works to search through the subfolders of a given directory and finds the file name I need. However, it only goes through one set of subfolders, finding the first one and then going through to the end of the subfolders. However, it then just stops. I have looked through various threads and tried different options but no joy.
I need it to then loop back to the root directory (say, sPath=C:\Windows) and look at the next subfolder, go through that whole directory, come back to the root folder, and so on until it finds the file it needs. I cannot seem to get that part to work, hoping someone here can help point out what I am missing. I am trying to keep this set at a higher level root folder rather than have to start lower in in the directory to get it to work. Here is the function:
Function recurse(sPath As String, strname As String, strName3 As String)
Dim FSO As New FileSystemObject
Dim myFolder As Scripting.Folder
Dim mySubFolder As Scripting.Folder
Dim myFile As Scripting.file
Dim strJDFile As String
Dim strDir As String
Dim strJDName As String
Set myFolder = FSO.GetFolder(sPath)
' strName = Range("a2").Offset(0, 3)
strName3 = Replace(strName3, "/", " ")
For Each mySubFolder In myFolder.SubFolders
Debug.Print " mySubFolder: " & mySubFolder
For Each myFile In mySubFolder.Files
If "*" & myFile.Name & "*" Like "*" & strName3 & "*" Then
strJDName = myFile.Name
strDir = mySubFolder & "\"
strJDFile = strDir & strJDName
recurse = strJDFile
Exit Function
Else
Debug.Print " myFile.name: " & myFile.Name
End If
Next
recurse = recurse(mySubFolder.Path, strname, strName3)
Next
End Function

Answer 1

Here is a routine you may be able to adapt to your use, if you are running Excel under Windows.
Pick a base folder using the Excel folder picker routine
Enter a file name mask (eg: Book1.xls*)
Uses the Dir command window command to check all the folders and subfolders for files that start with Book1.xls
The results of the command are written to a temporary file (which is deleted at the end of the macro)
There is a way to write it directly to a VBA variable, but I see too much screen flicker when I've done that.
The results are then collected into a vba array, and written to a worksheet, but you can do whatever you want with the results.
Option Explicit
'set references to
' Microsoft Scripting Runtime
' Windows Script Host Object model
Sub FindFile()
Dim WSH As WshShell, lErrCode As Long
Dim FSO As FileSystemObject, TS As TextStream
Dim sTemp As String
Dim sBasePath As String
Dim vFiles As Variant, vFullList() As String
Dim I As Long
Dim sFileName As String
sTemp = Environ("Temp") & "\FileList.txt"
'Select base folder
With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If .Show = -1 Then 'if OK is pressed
sBasePath = .SelectedItems(1)
Else
Exit Sub
End If
End With
'File name mask
sFileName = InputBox("Entire File Mask", "File Finder")
Set WSH = New WshShell
lErrCode = WSH.Run("CMD /c dir """ & sBasePath & "\*" & sFileName & """ /A-D /B /S > " & sTemp, xlHidden, True)
If Not lErrCode = 0 Then
MsgBox "Problem Reading Directory" & _
vbLf & "Error Code " & lErrCode
Exit Sub
End If
Set FSO = New FileSystemObject
Set TS = FSO.OpenTextFile(sTemp, ForReading, False, TristateFalse)
vFiles = Split(TS.ReadAll, vbLf)
TS.Close
FSO.DeleteFile sTemp
Set FSO = Nothing
Set WSH = Nothing
ReDim vFullList(1 To UBound(vFiles), 1 To 1)
For I = 1 To UBound(vFiles)
vFullList(I, 1) = vFiles(I)
Next I
Dim rDest As Range
Set rDest = Cells(1, 2).Resize(UBound(vFullList, 1), UBound(vFullList, 2))
With rDest
.EntireColumn.Clear
.Value = vFullList
.EntireColumn.AutoFit
End With
End Sub