Open only .xls files in a given directory using macro - excel

Just wondering... I have a piece of code - a macro in excel that allows me to open files in a given directory. The thing is that I only want to open .xls files, and the code that I have opens all the files in a given directory.
Can anyone help me with this matter.
Thanks.
Sub FindOpenFiles()
Dim FSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject, folder As Scripting.folder, file As Scripting.file, wb As Workbook
Dim directory As String
directory = "O:\test"
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set folder = FSO.GetFolder(directory)
For Each file In folder.Files
Workbooks.Open file
Next file
End Sub

Sub FindOpenFiles()
Dim FSO As Scripting.FileSystemObject, folder As Scripting.folder, file As Scripting.file, wb As Workbook
Dim directory As String
directory = "O:\test"
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set folder = FSO.GetFolder(directory)
For Each file In folder.Files
If Mid(file.Name, InStrRev(file.Name, ".") + 1) = "xls" Then
Workbooks.Open directory & Application.PathSeparator & file.Name
End If
Next file
End Sub
This woks fine...

See if this works, may need a tweak or two!
For Each file In folder.Files
If Right(file, 4) = ".xls" Then
Workbooks.Open file
End If
Next file

Try this but I am not really sure
directory = "*.xls"

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It looks like you pass the object file to the Filename paramter of open. I would use file.Name just like you do when you are building the output name.
Using a With block will gracefully handle the workbook object for you.
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Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.filesystemobject")
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Dim destination As String
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Dim file As Object
For Each file In FSO.GetFolder(path).Files
Dim file_name As String
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