How to check if file already exists in the folder

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Hi,
I am trying to copy some files to folder. I am using the following statement to check if the source fie exists

If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(fileToCopy) Then

But I donot know how to check if file exists in the folder before copying.
Please advise.

Thanks and best regards,
Furqan

Posted 1-Dec-11 19:48pm

Furqan Sehgal

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-Dec-11 2:06am

...By asking Google, if it did not ban you yet. :-)
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Scubapro · Answer 1 · 2011-12-01T19:52:00

Solution 1

VB

If System.IO.File.Exists(Dir + filename) Then

Posted 1-Dec-11 19:52pm

Scubapro

RaviRanjanKr · Answer 2 · 2011-12-02T09:53:00

Solution 3

Try

VB

Dim MyFile As New FileInfo("FileLocation")
If MyFile.Exists() Then
    MessageBox.Show("File found.")
Else
    MessageBox.Show("File not found.")
End If

Reference Link :-
MSDN-[File.Exists Method][^] which will responsible to determines whether the specified file exists.

Posted 2-Dec-11 9:53am

RaviRanjanKr

**Manoj K Bhoir** · Answer 3 · 2011-12-01T20:02:00

Solution 2

It's Very Simple :

VB

If System.IO.File.Exists("Path of the Folder with File Name") Then
            MessageBox.Show("Exist")
Else
            MessageBox.Show("Not Exist")
End If

Or

VB

If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("Path of the Folder with File Name") Then
            MessageBox.Show("Exist")
Else
            MessageBox.Show("Not Exist")
End If

Posted 1-Dec-11 20:02pm

Manoj K Bhoir

Updated 1-Dec-11 20:52pm

v2

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Scubapro 2-Dec-11 2:27am

This is the second time you're copycatting. Please check the already given solution(s) before adding one.

Manoj K Bhoir 2-Dec-11 2:51am

Scubapro this is not copycatting.If OP is not satisfy with your answer then try to imporove your answer.If you are not doing that and other one is doing then is it copycatting????

Scubapro 2-Dec-11 5:53am

And where exactly did the OP say that my solution wasn't satisfactory? Many OP's just do not rate our solutions, regrettably.