How to quickly open all Excel files from a folder?
In this article, I introduce the macro to open all workbooks from a specific folder.
Open all workbooks in a folder with VBA
List all file names of one specific folder with Kutools for Excel 
Open all workbooks in a folder with VBA
1. Press Alt + F11 keys to open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste below code to the script.
VBA: Open all Excel files in a folder
Sub OpenFiles()
'UpdateByExtendoffice20160623
Dim xStrPath As String
Dim xFileDialog As FileDialog
Dim xFile As String
On Error Resume Next
Set xFileDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
xFileDialog.AllowMultiSelect = False
xFileDialog.Title = "Select a folder [Kutools for Excel]"
If xFileDialog.Show = -1 Then
xStrPath = xFileDialog.SelectedItems(1)
End If
If xStrPath = "" Then Exit Sub
xFile = Dir(xStrPath & "\*.xlsx")
Do While xFile <> ""
Workbooks.Open xStrPath & "\" & xFile
xFile = Dir
Loop
End Sub
3. Press F5 key, a dialog pops out for selecting a folder you want to open all workbooks within it. See screenshot:
4. Click OK, and all workbooks in the specific folder have been opened.
List all file names of one specific folder with Kutools for Excel
Except to open files in a folder, have you ever tried to list all file names of one specific folder? With Kutools for Excel’s Filename List utility, you can quickly list all types or one specific type of files in one folder.
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After free installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:
1. Click Kutools Plus > Import & Export > Filename List. See screenshot:
2. In the Filename List dialog, select a folder you want to list files from, specify the file type you want to list, and then specify the unit of the file size as you need. If you want, you can create hyperlinks to the files names which will list. See screenshot:
3. Click Ok, and all files in the specific folder have been listed in a new sheet of the active workbook. See screenshot:
List All File Names Of A Folder
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