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Vbscript To search for a string in a list of Files

Dustin Prevatt asked:

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I want to search in a particular folder through all the text files in the folder for the string "Login Failed" then if it is found I want it to copy the file where the string is found to another location. I have the below code but I am getting the error "File not found". Hopefully someone can help.

VB
dim filesys
set filesys=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim objShell 'instance of the wshSHell object
set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

strSearchFor = "Login Failed"
Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
objStartFolder = "C:\TelnetLogs\Query1"

Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(objStartFolder)

Set colFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each objFile in colFiles
    'Wscript.Echo objFile.Name
strFile = "C:\TelnetLogs\Query1\objFile.Name"
    If InStr(oFSO.OpenTextFile(strFile).ReadAll, strSearchFor) > 0 Then
    filesys.CopyFile "c:\TelnetLogs\Query1\objFile.Name", "c:\TelnetLogs\Failures\objFile.Name"
    Else
    WScript.Sleep (100)
END If
Next
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