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Attributes Property

Sets or returns the attributes of files or folders. Read/write or read-only, depending on the attribute.

object.Attributes [= newattributes]

Arguments

object
Required. Always the name of a File or Folder object.
newattributes
Optional. If provided, newattributes is the new value for the attributes of the specified object.

Settings

The newattributes argument can have any of the following values or any logical combination of the following values:

Constant Value Description
Normal 0 Normal file. No attributes are set.
ReadOnly 1 Read-only file. Attribute is read/write.
Hidden 2 Hidden file. Attribute is read/write.
System 4 System file. Attribute is read/write.
Volume 8 Disk drive volume label. Attribute is read-only.
Directory 16 Folder or directory. Attribute is read-only.
Archive 32 File has changed since last backup. Attribute is read/write.
Alias 64 Link or shortcut. Attribute is read-only.

Remarks

The following code illustrates the use of the Attributes property with a file:

Sub SetClearArchiveBit(filespec)
    Dim fs, f, r
    Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set f = fs.GetFile(fs.GetFileName(filespec))
    If f.attributes and 32 Then
        r = MsgBox("The Archive bit is set, do you want to clear it?", vbYesNo, "Set/Clear Archive Bit")
        If r = vbYes Then 
            f.attributes = f.attributes - 32
            MsgBox "Archive bit is cleared."
        Else
            MsgBox "Archive bit remains set."
        End If
    Else
        r = MsgBox("The Archive bit is not set. Do you want to set it?", vbYesNo, "Set/Clear Archive Bit")
        If r = vbYes Then 
            f.attributes = f.attributes + 32
            MsgBox "Archive bit is set."
        Else
            MsgBox "Archive bit remains clear."
        End If
    End If
End Sub

See Also

DateCreated Property | DateLastAccessed Property | DateLastModified Property | Drive Property | Files Property | IsRootFolder Property | Name Property | ParentFolder Property | Path Property | ShortName Property | ShortPath Property | Size Property | SubFolders Property | Type PropertyApplies To: File Object | Folder Object