Get current working directory using VBA in Excel explained with examples. We use CurDir VBA function to find current working directory or folder. It displays system default directory. It can be changed using ChDir function.

Macro to find current working directory using Excel VBA

Here we see the VBA macro to get current working directory using VBA in Excel. In this example we are using ‘CurDir’ VBA function to find the working directory.

'Find Get current working directory using VBA
Sub Find_Get_current_working_directory_using_VBA()

    'Variable declaration
    Dim sDir As String
   
    'Get current directory
    sDir = CurDir
    
    'Display output on the screen
    MsgBox "Current Directory is " & sDir
 
End Sub

Here is the output screenshot for your reference.

Case study on Get current working directory

Let us see another example to Get current working directory in Excel VBA.

Please find the following two statements.
The first one is

 
'Get Active Workbook Path
sWBPath = ActiveWorkbook.Path

Output: Active Workbook path is C:\Someswari\VBAF1

The second one is

 
'Get current directory
sDir = CurDir

Output: Current Directory is C:\VBAF1

If you want to change current directory from C:\VBAF1 to C:\Someswari\VBAF1\, you can use ChDir VBA function in the following way.

i.e ChDir ActiveWorkbook.Path
or
ChDir C:\Someswari\VBAF1\

Now the below mentioned two statements displays same output.
Statement 1: sWBPath = ActiveWorkbook.Path
Statement 2: sDir = CurDir

Instructions to Run VBA Macro Code or Procedure:

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Instructions to run VBA Macro Code

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