Written by Allen Wyatt (last updated June 25, 2019)
This tip applies to Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003
Oftentimes it is helpful, in a macro, to specify which drive is considered the default drive. In other words, it may be helpful to indicate the drive on which all file operations should occur when you don't explicitly indicate a drive in a path name. To indicate the default drive to be used in a macro, you use the ChDrive statement, as follows:
ChDrive "E"
This particular statement changes the current drive to E:. You can change to a different drive by simply changing the drive letter enclosed within the quote marks.
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ExcelTips is your source for cost-effective Microsoft Excel training. This tip (2541) applies to Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003. You can find a version of this tip for the ribbon interface of Excel (Excel 2007 and later) here: Changing the Default Drive.
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2018-03-02 02:58:10
Dave Alan
Thankyou, this was very helpful, Dave
2018-03-02 02:45:41
Dave Alan
Thankyou, this was very helpful.
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