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 How to list all filenames in a folder and create hyperlinks for them in Excel?

For your daily work, you may need to import multiple filenames from a folder to a worksheet, and create hyperlinks for each files so that open the file quickly and easily. Maybe, you can copy and paste the filenames and create a hyperlink for it one by one manually, but, this will waste much time if there are hundreds files in the folder. Today, I will talk about some quick and interesting methods to deal with this job.

List all filenames in a folder and create hyperlinks with VBA code

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List all files in a folder and create hyperlinks for them at once:

With Kutools for Excel's Filename List utility, you can list all files from a folder which includingt the subfolders into a worksheet as soon as possible.

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To list and create hyperlink with files from a folder, the following VBA code can do you a favor.

1. Activate a new worksheet to put the result.

2. Hold down the ALT + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

3. Click Insert > Module, and paste the following code in the Module Window.

VBA: List all filenames in a folder and create hyperlinks

Sub Example1()
'Update 20150831
    Dim xFSO As Object 
    Dim xFolder As Object
    Dim xFile As Object
    Dim xFiDialog As FileDialog
    Dim xPath As String
    Dim I As Integer
    Set xFiDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    If xFiDialog.Show = -1 Then
        xPath = xFiDialog.SelectedItems(1)
    End If
    Set xFiDialog = Nothing
    If xPath = "" Then Exit Sub
    Set xFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set xFolder = xFSO.GetFolder(xPath)
    For Each xFile In xFolder.Files
        I = I + 1
        ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.Add Cells(I, 1), xFile.Path, , , xFile.Name
    Next
End Sub

4. Then press F5 key to run this code, and choose the folder that you want to list the files from the Browse window, see screenshot:

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5. After specifying the folder, click OK button, and all the files in the specific folder have been listed into active worksheet with hyperlinks, see screenshot:

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Note: If there are subfolders in your specific folder, the files in the subfolders will not be listed.

To list all files both in a folder and its subfolders and created hyperlinks for each file, Kutools for Excel’s Filename List may do you a favor. With this feature, all files in folder and subfolders will be listed at once with some attributes, such as file name, file size, created time, containing folder and so on.

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If you have installed Kutools for Excel, please do with following steps:

1. Click Enterprise > Import / Export > Filename List, see screenshot:

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2. In the Filename List dialog box, please do the following operations:

(1.) Click doc list create hyperlinks 5 button to select the folder that you want to list the filenames;

(2.) Check Include files in subdirectories if you want to list filenames within subfolders;

(3.) Specify the file types that you want to find and list under the Files type section;

(4.) Select the file size unit that you want to display;

(5.) Check Create hyperlinks at the left bottom of the dialog box.

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3. Then click Ok button, and all the files in the folder and subfolders have been listed in a new worksheet with the hyperlinks as you need, see screenshot:

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Click to know more details about the Filename List utility…

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    Ellie · 1 years ago
    How would I change this code to have it list folder names rather than file names? And how would I change it to check subfolders for files?
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      skyyang · 1 years ago
      Hi, Ellie,
      To list all folder and subfolder names from a directory, the below VBA code can help you, please try, hopt it can help you.

      Sub FolderNames()
      Application.ScreenUpdating = False
      Dim xPath As String
      Dim xWs As Worksheet
      Dim fso As Object, j As Long, folder1 As Object
      With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
      .Title = "Choose the folder"
      .Show
      End With
      On Error Resume Next
      xPath = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker).SelectedItems(1) & "\"
      Application.Workbooks.Add
      Set xWs = Application.ActiveSheet
      xWs.Cells(1, 1).Value = xPath
      xWs.Cells(2, 1).Resize(1, 5).Value = Array("Path", "Dir", "Name", "Date Created", "Date Last Modified")
      Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
      Set folder1 = fso.getFolder(xPath)
      getSubFolder folder1
      xWs.Cells(2, 1).Resize(1, 5).Interior.Color = 65535
      xWs.Cells(2, 1).Resize(1, 5).EntireColumn.AutoFit
      Application.ScreenUpdating = True
      End Sub
      Sub getSubFolder(ByRef prntfld As Object)
      Dim SubFolder As Object
      Dim subfld As Object
      Dim xRow As Long
      For Each SubFolder In prntfld.SubFolders
      xRow = Range("A1").End(xlDown).Row + 1
      Cells(xRow, 1).Resize(1, 5).Value = Array(SubFolder.Path, Left(SubFolder.Path, InStrRev(SubFolder.Path, "\")), SubFolder.Name, SubFolder.DateCreated, SubFolder.DateLastModified)
      Next SubFolder
      For Each subfld In prntfld.SubFolders
      getSubFolder subfld
      Next subfld
      End Sub
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        yuri · 6 months ago
        How would you code this to make hyperlinks for path and directory
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          skyyang · 5 months ago
          Hi, yuri,
          To solve your problem, please try the following code:

          Sub FolderNames()
          Application.ScreenUpdating = False
          Dim xPath As String
          Dim xWs As Worksheet
          Dim xRg As Range
          Dim fso As Object, j As Long, folder1 As Object
          With Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
          .Title = "Choose the folder"
          .Show
          End With
          On Error Resume Next
          xPath = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker).SelectedItems(1) & "\"
          Application.Workbooks.Add
          Set xWs = Application.ActiveSheet
          Set xRg = xWs.Cells(1, 1)
          xRg.Value = xPath
          xWs.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=xRg, Address:=xPath, TextToDisplay:=xPath
          xWs.Cells(2, 1).Resize(1, 5).Value = Array("Path", "Dir", "Name", "Date Created", "Date Last Modified")
          Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
          Set folder1 = fso.GetFolder(xPath)
          getSubFolder folder1
          xWs.Cells(2, 1).Resize(1, 5).Interior.Color = 65535
          xWs.Cells(2, 1).Resize(1, 5).EntireColumn.AutoFit
          Application.ScreenUpdating = True
          End Sub
          Sub getSubFolder(ByRef prntfld As Object)
          Dim SubFolder As Object
          Dim subfld As Object
          Dim xRow As Long
          Dim xStr As String
          Dim xRg As Range
          For Each SubFolder In prntfld.SubFolders
          xRow = Range("A1").End(xlDown).Row + 1
          Cells(xRow, 1).Resize(1, 5).Value = Array(SubFolder.Path, Left(SubFolder.Path, InStrRev(SubFolder.Path, "\")), SubFolder.Name, SubFolder.DateCreated, SubFolder.DateLastModified)
          Set xRg = Cells(xRow, 1)
          xRg.Worksheet.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=xRg, Address:=xRg.Value, TextToDisplay:=xRg.Value
          Set xRg = Cells(xRow, 2)
          xRg.Worksheet.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=xRg, Address:=xRg.Value, TextToDisplay:=xRg.Value
          Next SubFolder
          For Each subfld In prntfld.SubFolders
          getSubFolder subfld
          Next subfld
          End Sub
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    jms · 1 years ago
    "VBA: List all filenames in a folder and create hyperlinks" is great! It works perfectly! Thank you for posting! One question... Now that you told us how to add links from folder, is it possible to use those links to get information from say one or two different sheets in each of the files listed? They would be the same cells for each of the files we now have a list for. This would help create a comprehensive contents with active links to otherwise unintelligible file names.
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    alice · 2 years ago
    Great thanks although can not view the files in the selected directory as barry said, it creates hyperlinks for all files in that directory anyway.
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    mubashirazizch@gmail.com · 2 years ago
    Awesome ..thanks a lot. It really saved my time.
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    barry · 4 years ago
    Running the VBA code listed above, shows the selected directory is empty, when it is full of Excel files.