>Hi James,
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>>I am doing what I "believe" is correct but the value always returns a "0" and it should return the file count.
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>First, make sure the directory is not hidden, then do:
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>?dire('C:\programfiles\')
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>Make sure this is the correct spelling, your originla post had no space (Usually there is :-), then make sure there are actual files, folders don't count, to get folders, do:
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>?adir(aFiles, 'C:\program files\*', 'D')

Another option is to use the Scripting.FileSystem option to open a Folder object, and then access the subfolders and files collections of the Folder object.