thanks hugo
I need to inspect backups to make a repair to a database that contains a fault. So I need to start with the most recent database which contains the least amount of change. The looping process I need therefore needs to be set up so I can inspect the most recent directory first and work backwards to the oldest.

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>Hi Karen,
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>To copy a folder and all its contents (including sub-folders) you can just do this:
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>loFSO			= CreateObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject')
>loFolder		= loFSO.GetFolder('c:\temp\myTest')
>loFolder.Copy('c:\temp\myCopiedTest')
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>If you really need to copy them in reverse order (not sure I understand the reason) then you could loop for each folder with adir as Borislav showed.