Can I have a script know what folder it was executed from?

This is one that bugged me years ago when I first started scripting. The problem was portability. I was not able to easily move my scripts from one location to another without having to go in and change me code for any external files the script referenced.

I first started off using a constant in the declarations section of the script. This helped. I simply put the folder location the script was in and used that constant throughout the script. I still had to do manual work. Finally I got smart and asked Windows where the script was being executed from. Below is the code that I used.

Declaration section
Dim AppPath ' Will store the path that the script and text file are located in.

Script Main Logic

' Determin the file path
AppPath = fGetPath

Functions and Sub Procedures

Function fGetPath
' Returns the path that the script is run from.
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
GetPath = oShell.CurrentDirectory & "\"
End Function ' GetPath

Using this code, your script will know where it is at and make it portable without having to worry about where the script is stored or executed from.

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