Code failure with different partitions

[Otto Moehrbach]

Excel XP & 2003, Win XP
I'm helping an OP with some code and I have run into a problem that I have
not seen before. The code involves a FOR loop through all the files in a
sub folder to the ThisWorkbook.Path folder. The path line of code looks
like:
ThePath=ThisWorkbook.Path & "\OtherFolder"
The code works just fine on my computer and fine on his computer except when
partitions come into play.
I have just 1 partition on my hard drive. He has C, D, E, F.
All of his programs, including Excel, are on the D partition. All of his
files, including ThisWorkbook and "OtherFolder" are on the C partition.
The code will not work correctly on his computer every time. Sometimes the
code cannot find a file, other times it can. I don't see any difference in
his operation than mine except for the partitions.
Question: Does anyone know of problems with having a setup like his?
Thanks for your time. Otto

 

[ilia]

I never had this sort of issue, and I've done all kinds of operations
with network paths, mapped drives, partitions, etc. What kind of
operation is he doing to search for the files? Is it FileSearch, Dir,
or what? Also, is it possible that ThisWorkbook exists in two copies,
and one of them isn't in the right place?

 

[Otto Moehrbach]

It is a simple loop through all the files in the folder. The code is using
Dir to pick up each file. Thanks. Otto
I never had this sort of issue, and I've done all kinds of operations
with network paths, mapped drives, partitions, etc. What kind of
operation is he doing to search for the files? Is it FileSearch, Dir,
or what? Also, is it possible that ThisWorkbook exists in two copies,
and one of them isn't in the right place?

 

[JLatham]

I think the big clue in your post is

"The code will not work correctly on his computer every time. Sometimes the
code cannot find a file, other times it can."

Since the code presumably does the same thing each time, then something else
somewhere must be causing the intermittent faults.

I mean if on Monday the code can find F:\MyFolder\OtherFolder\SomeFile.abc
but it cannot find that same file on Tuesday (and it hasn't been moved,
deleted or renamed) then there's something wrong with either the file system
or the OS. At least that's where I'd start looking. Although it could
'just' be a hardware issue with the drive itself.