[RESOLVED] Move file - Delete empty directory failing

[JackPollack]

I am trying to move a single file out of a folder to the desktop and then delete the *empty* folder using VB6 (WinXP). I keep getting a file access error 75.

The file I am moving will always have a known prefix and.txt extension but the complete name will change and be unknown at design time.

The bare-bones code that is failing is:

pth = Environ("HOMEPATH") & "\desktop\Test"
pth2 = Environ("HOMEPATH") & "\desktop"
f = "\" & Dir(pth & "\t*.txt")

Name pth & f As pth2 & f
RmDir (pth)

[dglienna]

Explain more about what it is you are doing? And, WHY?

[GremlinSA]

Have you checked MSDN

During a file-access or disk-access operation, for example, Open, MkDir, ChDir, or RmDir, the operating system couldn't make a connection between the path and the file name. This error has the following causes and solutions:

* The file specification isn't correctly formatted.

A file name can contain a fully qualified (absolute) or relative path. A fully qualified path starts with the drive name (if the path is on another drive) and lists the explicit path from the root to the file. Any path that isn't fully qualified is relative to the current drive and directory.

I'm almost sure it's because theres no drive spec in the dir's...

have you tried

pth = Environ("HOMEDRIVE") & Environ("HOMEPATH") & "\desktop\Test"

[JackPollack]

Thanks for your reply. I finally got it working after spending all day on this stupid thing. It wasnt the drive letter, it was the dir that was locking the folder. after moving the file I had to do another dir so that VB could see that the directory was empty.