Move folders using file path in excel file using VBA - excel

Question

my goal is to move specified folders and their contents outof an existing location into a new folder path labeled "Archive". There are about 1000 folders out of 2000 I need moved to this new location. I have a .xlsx file that contains the file paths of each folder that needs moving, listed in column A of the Excel worksheet. I would like my macro to look at the Excel file, read the folder path, move that folder and its contents to a new destination. Repeat through the Excel list until it reaches a blank, then it's considered "Done!"
Here is the code I have found so far (see below). This code will move one folder from one path to another path. I need to enhance this to read each path from my Excel file; I just don't know what that part of the command should look like.
Code and any notes with the code are greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Sub Move_Rename_Folder()
'This example move the folder from FromPath to ToPath.
Dim fso As Object
Dim FromPath As String
Dim ToPath As String
FromPath = "Q:\Corporate-Shares\...\Test folder 1" '<< Change
ToPath = "Q:\Corporate-Shares\...\Test Archive Folder" '<< Change
'Note: It is not possible to use a folder that exist in ToPath
If Right(FromPath, 1) = "\" Then
FromPath = Left(FromPath, Len(FromPath) - 1)
End If
If Right(ToPath, 1) = "\" Then
ToPath = Left(ToPath, Len(ToPath) - 1)
End If
Set fso = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
If fso.FolderExists(FromPath) = False Then
MsgBox FromPath & " doesn't exist"
Exit Sub
End If
If fso.FolderExists(ToPath) = True Then
MsgBox ToPath & " exist, not possible to move to a existing folder"
Exit Sub
End If
fso.MoveFolder Source:=FromPath, Destination:=ToPath
MsgBox "The folder is moved from " & FromPath & " to " & ToPath
End Sub

Answer 1

Please test this code in a test folder before working with your original files. Create copies or dummy files, any failure can damage your existing files....
First, separate this move function taking the name and destination of the path:
Sub Move_Rename_Folder(FromPath as string, ToPath as string)
'to do these two lines, go to tools, references and add Microsoft.Scripting.Runtime
'it's a lot easier to work like this
Dim fso As FileSystemObject
Set fso = new FileSystemObject
'you don't need to set paths anymore, they come as the arguments for this sub
If Right(FromPath, 1) = "\" Then
FromPath = Left(FromPath, Len(FromPath) - 1)
End If
If Right(ToPath, 1) = "\" Then
ToPath = Left(ToPath, Len(ToPath) - 1)
End If
If fso.FolderExists(FromPath) = False Then
MsgBox FromPath & " doesn't exist"
Exit Sub
End If
If fso.FolderExists(ToPath) = True Then
MsgBox ToPath & " exist, not possible to move to a existing folder"
Exit Sub
End If
fso.MoveFolder Source:=FromPath, Destination:=ToPath
MsgBox "The folder is moved from " & FromPath & " to " & ToPath
End Sub
Then, create a main Sub to run over the column "B" (from path) and Column "C" (to path), for instance:
Sub MainSub()
Dim CurrentFrom as Range, CurrentTo as Range
'get B2, assuming your B1 is a header, not a folder
Set CurrentFrom = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("yoursheetname").Range("B2")
'get C2, assuming your C1 is a header
Set CurrentTo = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("yoursheetname").Range("C2")
'get the actual values - paths - from cells
Dim ToPath as string, FromPath as string
ToPath = CurrentTo.value
FromPath = CurrentFrom.Value
'loop while your current frompath is not empty
Do while FromPath <> ""
'calls the move function from frompath to topath
Call Move_Rename_Folder(FromPath, ToPath)
'offsets the cells one row down
Set CurrentFrom = CurrentFrom.Offset(1,0)
Set CurrentTo = CurrentTo.Offset(1,0)
'gets the values of the new cells
FromPath = CurrentFrom.Value
ToPath = CurrentTo.Value
Loop
End Sub