The OneDrive Nightmare Continues: ThisWorkbook.Path and ThisWorkbook.FullName

Kevin Jones 7,265 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2024-01-25T07:46:09+00:00

I posted here about my OneDrive backup everything nightmare. Another bad dream has reared it's ugliness in VBA land: ThisWorkbook.Path and ThisWorkbook.FullName.

For some reason I absolutely cannot fathom, Excel returns a useless URL when reading these two properties in a workbook opened from any OneDrive or Sharepoint shared location. For example, ThisWorkbook.FullName value when opened from any location other than a OneDrive shared folder:

C:\Users\Public\Just Another Workbook.xlsx

But, put that workbook in any OneDrive shared folder, and this is returned:

https://datapros-my.sharepoint.com/personal/kjones\_dataautopros\_com/Documents/Just Another Workbook.xlsx

where the actual local path is:

C:\Users\Kevin Jones\OneDrive - Data Automation Professionals\Just Another Workbook.xlsx

Right off the bat it's painfully obvious that the URL is absolutely useless to anyone and everyone. One of the most common automation tasks that use ThisWorkbook.FullName or ThisWorkbook.Path is to navigate around inside the folder in which the workbook is located. There is no easy way to translate that URL into a local path. It is possible but it's a tricky operation - more on that later. What else is that URL good for? I have no idea.

The whole idea of sharing folders and files on a local drive is so that they can be used the same way as if they were in a non-shared folder. So we don't have to go to the online location and either download the file or open it in a browser. DropBox did it right. Google Drive did it right. So what were the Microsoft engineers thinking by exposing the URL versus the local path? Anyone have a clue?

A lot of people have said to turn off this OneDrive option. Even if that did work, it is no longer available in the current OneDrive UI/UX.

People have written URL parsers and file search routines to try to translate the URL into a local path. This StackOverflow thread got pretty crazy with ideas but none of the solutions worked in all scenarios. Remember that OneDrive supports one personal account, up to nine business accounts, and Sharepoint folders - each of these have different structures in their URLs without any obvious mapping to the folder on the local drive. I did find one possible solution in the StackOverflow thread that showed promise - I reworked it so that it worked in as many scenarios as I could find. I'm posting it below.

But, before we get to that, a message to Microsoft: Please refrain from serving up URLs in ThisWorkbook.FullName and ThisWorkbook.Path when the workbook is stored or opened on a local drive. It serves no purpose other than to annoy us and make our lives more difficult. It's also not reality as the workbook is, in fact, located on the local drive in a local folder - that's from where Excel opens it and saves it. Keep the URL an internal thing (I realize it's needed for real time collaboration) and, if you actually believe that someone out here can use it, add a new ThisWorkbook property such as SharedURL.

Below is the routine for getting the local path as it should be returned in FullName. It's been tested on multiple machines, Windows 10 and 11, and Sharepoint and OneDrive shared folders. Post to this thread if you make any improvements or fix any issues.

Public Function OneDriveLocalFilePath( _

        Optional ByRef OneDriveFilePath As String _

    ) As String

' Returns the local file path given a URL to a file stored in a OneDrive or Sharepoint folder. For

' some reason the Excel Workbook properties Path and FullName return URLs instead of local paths.

'

' OneDriveFilePath - Any valid local path or URL referencing a OneDrive file. If the path cannot be

'   resolved, the original path is returned.

    Dim WScript As Object

    Dim WinMgmtS As Object

    Dim Result As String

    Dim ProposedFilePath As String

    Dim ConfirmedFilePath As String

    Dim RegistryKey As Variant

    Dim RegistryKeys As Variant

    Dim Types As Variant

    Dim CID As String

    Dim MountPoint As String

    Dim URLNamespace As String

    Dim Path1 As String

    Dim Path2 As String

    Dim Directories As Variant

    Dim ParentDirectory As String

    ' Default to the full name property of ThisWorkbook

    If Len(OneDriveFilePath) = 0 Then

        OneDriveFilePath = ThisWorkbook.FullName

    End If

    ' Deterimine if the path is a URL or a local path

    If Left(OneDriveFilePath, 8) = "https://" Then

        ' WScript and Winmgmts are used to navigate the registry

        Set WScript = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

        Set WinMgmtS = GetObject("Winmgmts:root\default:StdRegProv")

        ' Enumerate the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive

        If WinMgmtS.EnumKey(&H80000001, "SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive", RegistryKeys, Types) = 0 Then

            For Each RegistryKey In RegistryKeys

                ' Each key has three interesting values:

                '

                '   CID - Some hash code sometimes used in the path

                '   URLNameSpace - The URL to a parent directory in the cloud

                '   MountPoint - The local path OneDrive uses to mirror files found in the URLNameSpace address

                CID = vbNullString

                MountPoint = vbNullString

                URLNamespace = vbNullString

                ProposedFilePath = vbNullString

                ConfirmedFilePath = vbNullString

                On Error Resume Next

                CID = WScript.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive" & RegistryKey & "\CID")

                MountPoint = WScript.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive" & RegistryKey & "\MountPoint")

                URLNamespace = WScript.RegRead("HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive" & RegistryKey & "\URLNamespace")

                On Error GoTo 0

                ' It's not always clear how for down the folder tree the URL and the mount point go so the file's parent is

            ' pulled from the OneDrivePath so that it can be compared with and without

                Directories = Split(OneDriveFilePath, "/")

                ParentDirectory = Directories(UBound(Directories) - 1)

                ' Remove any trailing slash from the URL name space

                If Right(URLNamespace, 1) = "/" Then

                    URLNamespace = Left(URLNamespace, Len(URLNamespace) - 1)

                End If

                ' Build two paths to test against: one without the CID and one with the CID

                Path1 = URLNamespace & "/"

                Path2 = URLNamespace & "/" & CID & "/"

                ' Try the path without the CID

                If Left(OneDriveFilePath, Len(Path1)) = Path1 Then

                    ' Try building the final local path from the mount point path and the unmatched end of the OneDrive path

                ' and return it if the file exists

                    ProposedFilePath = MountPoint & "" & Replace(Replace(Mid(OneDriveFilePath, Len(Path1) + 1), "/", ""), "%20", Space(1))

                    If ExistingFile(ProposedFilePath) Then

                        ConfirmedFilePath = ProposedFilePath

                        Exit For

                    End If

                    ' Try building the final local path from the mount point path and the unmatched end of the OneDrive path

                ' but without the first folder and return it if the file exists

                    If Right(MountPoint, Len(ParentDirectory)) = ParentDirectory Then

                        ProposedFilePath = Replace(Replace(Mid(OneDriveFilePath, Len(Path1) + 1), "/", ""), "%20", Space(1))

                        ProposedFilePath = Mid(ProposedFilePath, InStr(ProposedFilePath, "") + 1)

                        ProposedFilePath = MountPoint & "" & ProposedFilePath

                        If ExistingFile(ProposedFilePath) Then

                            ConfirmedFilePath = ProposedFilePath

                            Exit For

                        End If

                    End If

                End If

                ' Try building the final local path from the mount point path with the CID attached and the unmatched end

            ' of the OneDrive path and return it if the file exists

                If Left(OneDriveFilePath, Len(Path2)) = Path2 Then

                    ProposedFilePath = Replace(Replace(Mid(OneDriveFilePath, Len(Path2)), "/", ""), "%20", Space(1))

                    ProposedFilePath = Mid(ProposedFilePath, InStr(ProposedFilePath, "") + 1)

                    ProposedFilePath = MountPoint & "" & ProposedFilePath

                    If ExistingFile(ProposedFilePath) Then

                        ConfirmedFilePath = ProposedFilePath

                        Exit For

                    End If

                End If

            Next RegistryKey

        End If

        ' Return the confirmed file path if a valid path was found

        If Len(ConfirmedFilePath) > 0 Then

            Result = ConfirmedFilePath

        Else

            Result = OneDriveFilePath

        End If

    Else

        ' The path is not a URL so return it as-is

        Result = OneDriveFilePath

    End If

    OneDriveLocalFilePath = Result

End Function

Public Function ExistingFile( _

        ByVal FilePath As String _

    ) As Boolean

' Returns True if the file exists, False otherwise. This routine does not use the Dir technique as

' the Dir function resets any current Dir process.

'

' FilePath - Full path to the folder or file to be evaluated.

    Dim Attributes As Long

    On Error Resume Next

    Attributes = GetAttr(FilePath)

    ExistingFile = (Err.Number = 0) And (Attributes And vbDirectory) = 0

    Err.Clear

End Function

Kevin

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  1. Kevin Jones 7,265 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-07-02T04:10:26+00:00

    I fixed a minor issue in the code. Here is all of it:

    Public Function OneDriveLocalFilePath( _ 
    
            Optional ByRef OneDriveFilePath As String, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal ReturnFolderPathOnly As Boolean, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal ReturnEmptyIfFileNotFound As Boolean _ 
    
        ) As String 
    
    ' Returns the local file path given a URL to a file stored in a OneDrive or Sharepoint folder. For 
    
    ' some reason the Excel Workbook properties Path and FullName return URLs instead of local paths. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' OneDriveFilePath - Any valid local path or URL referencing a OneDrive file. If the path cannot be 
    
    '   resolved, the original path is returned. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' ReturnFolderPathOnly - Pass True to return the folder path only. This is the equivelant of 
    
    '   ThisWorkbook.Path. Optional. If omitted then False is assumed. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' ReturnEmptyIfFileNotFound - Pass True to return an empty or null string if the file cannot be 
    
    '   found, False to return an error message. Optional. If omitted then False is assumed. 
    
        Const RegistryPath As String = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive\" 
    
        Dim Calculation As XlCalculation 
    
        Dim ScreenUpdating As Boolean 
    
        Dim EnableEvents As Boolean 
    
        Dim WScript As Object 
    
        Dim WinMgmtS As Object 
    
        Dim Result As String 
    
        Dim ProposedFilePath As String 
    
        Dim ConfirmedFilePath As String 
    
        Dim RegistryKey As Variant 
    
        Dim RegistryKeys As Variant 
    
        Dim Types As Variant 
    
        Dim CID As String 
    
        Dim MountPoint As String 
    
        Dim URLNamespace As String 
    
        Dim LibraryType As String 
    
        Dim URLNameSpaceExtended As String 
    
        Dim LocalPartialPath As String 
    
        Dim PartialPathRootDirectory As String 
    
        Dim LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder As String 
    
        Dim LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder As String 
    
        Dim Pass As Long 
    
        Dim ExistsCount As Long 
    
        Dim LogWorksheet As Worksheet 
    
        Dim EntryCount As Long 
    
        #If Debugging Then 
    
            Calculation = Application.Calculation 
    
            Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual 
    
            ScreenUpdating = Application.ScreenUpdating 
    
            Application.ScreenUpdating = False 
    
            EnableEvents = Application.EnableEvents 
    
            Application.EnableEvents = False 
    
            On Error Resume Next 
    
            Set LogWorksheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Debugging Log") 
    
            On Error GoTo 0 
    
            If LogWorksheet Is Nothing Then 
    
                Set LogWorksheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Add(Before:=ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1)) 
    
                LogWorksheet.Name = "Debugging Log" 
    
            End If 
    
            LogWorksheet.Cells.ClearContents 
    
            LogWorksheet.Columns(1).Font.Name = "Consolas" 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "Entering OneDriveLocalFilePath" 
    
        #End If 
    
        ' Default to the full name property of ThisWorkbook 
    
        If Len(OneDriveFilePath) = 0 Then 
    
            OneDriveFilePath = ThisWorkbook.FullName 
    
        End If 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "OneDrive file path: " & OneDriveFilePath 
    
        ' Determine if the path is a URL or a local path 
    
        If Left(OneDriveFilePath, 8) = "https://" Then 
    
            ' WScript and Winmgmts are used to navigate the registry 
    
            Set WScript = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
    
            Set WinMgmtS = GetObject("Winmgmts:root\default:StdRegProv") 
    
            For Pass = 1 To 2 
    
                ExistsCount = 0 
    
                OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "Evaluating registry entries in '" & RegistryPath & "'" 
    
                ' Enumerate the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive 
    
                If WinMgmtS.EnumKey(&H80000001, Mid(RegistryPath, InStr(RegistryPath, "\") + 1), RegistryKeys, Types) = 0 Then 
    
                    EntryCount = 0 
    
                    For Each RegistryKey In RegistryKeys 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet 
    
                        ' Each key has three values of interest: 
    
                        ' 
    
                        '   CID - Some hash code sometimes used in the path 
    
                        '   URLNameSpace - The URL to a parent directory in the cloud 
    
                        '   MountPoint - The local path OneDrive uses to mirror files found in the URLNameSpace address 
    
                        CID = vbNullString 
    
                        MountPoint = vbNullString 
    
                        URLNamespace = vbNullString 
    
                        ProposedFilePath = vbNullString 
    
                        On Error Resume Next 
    
                        CID = WScript.RegRead(RegistryPath & RegistryKey & "\CID") 
    
                        MountPoint = WScript.RegRead(RegistryPath & RegistryKey & "\MountPoint") 
    
                        URLNamespace = WScript.RegRead(RegistryPath & RegistryKey & "\URLNamespace") 
    
                        LibraryType = WScript.RegRead(RegistryPath & RegistryKey & "\LibraryType") 
    
                        On Error GoTo 0 
    
                        EntryCount = EntryCount + 1 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "Evaluating registry entry " & EntryCount 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Key:", (RegistryKey) 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "CID:", CID 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "URLNamespace:", URLNamespace 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "MountPoint:", MountPoint 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "LibraryType:", LibraryType 
    
                        ' Remove any trailing slash from the URL name space 
    
                        If Right(URLNamespace, 1) = "/" Then 
    
                            URLNamespace = Left(URLNamespace, Len(URLNamespace) - 1) 
    
                        End If 
    
                        ' Determine the extended URL name space which may or may not include the CID 
    
                        If Len(CID) = 0 Then 
    
                            URLNameSpaceExtended = URLNamespace 
    
                        Else 
    
                            URLNameSpaceExtended = URLNamespace & "/" & CID 
    
                            If Left(OneDriveFilePath, Len(URLNameSpaceExtended)) <> URLNameSpaceExtended Then 
    
                                URLNameSpaceExtended = URLNamespace 
    
                            End If 
    
                        End If 
    
                        ' Looking for a local file path only if the base of the path being evaluated matches the extended URL name space 
    
                        If Left(OneDriveFilePath, Len(URLNameSpaceExtended)) = URLNameSpaceExtended Then 
    
                            LocalPartialPath = Mid(OneDriveFilePath, Len(URLNameSpaceExtended) + 2) 
    
                            ' It's not always clear if the first directory in the partial path is used locally, it may be a firectory only in the cloud to distinguish directories shared by others 
    
                            If InStr(LocalPartialPath, "/") > 0 Then 
    
                                PartialPathRootDirectory = Left(LocalPartialPath, InStr(LocalPartialPath, "/") - 1) 
    
                            Else 
    
                                PartialPathRootDirectory = vbNullString 
    
                            End If 
    
                            If Pass = 1 Or Pass = 2 And LibraryType = "teamsite" And Right(MountPoint, Len(PartialPathRootDirectory)) = PartialPathRootDirectory Then 
    
                                ' Build two local partial paths: one with the first folder after the mount point, and the second without the first folder after the mount point 
    
                                LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder = Replace(Replace(Mid(OneDriveFilePath, Len(URLNameSpaceExtended) + 2), "/", "\"), "%20", Space(1)) 
    
                                LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder = Mid(LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder, InStr(LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder, "\") + 1) 
    
                                If LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder = LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder Then 
    
                                    LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder = vbNullString 
    
                                End If 
    
                                OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Local partial path without first folder:", LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder 
    
                                OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Local partial path with first folder:", LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder 
    
                                If OneDriveLocalFilePath_FileExists(MountPoint & "\" & LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder, ConfirmedFilePath, ExistsCount, LogWorksheet) Then Exit For 
    
                                If Len(LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder) > 0 Then 
    
                                    If OneDriveLocalFilePath_FileExists(MountPoint & "\" & LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder, ConfirmedFilePath, ExistsCount, LogWorksheet) Then Exit For 
    
                                End If 
    
                            Else 
    
                                If Pass = 2 Then 
    
                                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Not a team site or right part of directory of mount point does not match the first directory of the partial path" 
    
                                End If 
    
                            End If 
    
                        Else 
    
                            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "URL name space does not match base of OneDrive path" 
    
                        End If 
    
                    Next RegistryKey 
    
                    ' Return the confirmed file path if a valid path was found 
    
                    If Len(ConfirmedFilePath) > 0 Then 
    
                        If ReturnFolderPathOnly Then 
    
                            Result = Left(ConfirmedFilePath, InStrRev(ConfirmedFilePath, "\") - 1) 
    
                        Else 
    
                            Result = ConfirmedFilePath 
    
                        End If 
    
                    Else 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "No local path was found" 
    
                    End If 
    
                Else 
    
                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "No registry entries were found" 
    
                    Result = OneDriveFilePath 
    
                End If 
    
                If ExistsCount < 2 Then Exit For 
    
                If Pass = 1 Then 
    
                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet 
    
                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "More than one existing file was found in the first pass" 
    
                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "Doing another pass and adding an extra check for a team site with matching share drive base folder" 
    
                End If 
    
            Next Pass 
    
        Else 
    
            ' The path is not a URL so return it as-is 
    
            Result = OneDriveFilePath 
    
        End If 
    
        If ExistsCount = 0 Then 
    
            If Not ReturnEmptyIfFileNotFound Then 
    
                Result = "A local file path to an existing file was not found." 
    
            End If 
    
        End If 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "OneDrive result: " & Result 
    
        #If Debugging Then 
    
            LogWorksheet.Columns(1).EntireColumn.AutoFit 
    
            Application.Calculation = Calculation 
    
            Application.ScreenUpdating = ScreenUpdating 
    
            Application.EnableEvents = EnableEvents 
    
        #End If 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath = Result 
    
    End Function 
    
    Private Function OneDriveLocalFilePath_FileExists( _ 
    
            ByRef ProposedFilePath As String, _ 
    
            ByRef ConfirmedFilePath As String, _ 
    
            ByRef ExistsCount As Long, _ 
    
            ByVal LogWorksheet As Worksheet _ 
    
        ) As Boolean 
    
    ' Tests if file path exists. Internal use only. 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Checking proposed file path", ProposedFilePath 
    
        If ProposedFilePath = ConfirmedFilePath Then 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "File path has already been confirmed" 
    
            Exit Function 
    
        End If 
    
        If ExistingFile(ProposedFilePath) Then 
    
            ConfirmedFilePath = ProposedFilePath 
    
            ExistsCount = ExistsCount + 1 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "File path exists" 
    
        Else 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "File path does not exist" 
    
        End If 
    
    End Function 
    
    Private Sub OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog( _ 
    
            ByVal LogWorksheet As Worksheet, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal Indent As Long, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal Message1 As String, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal Message2 As String _ 
    
        ) 
    
    ' Logs message to debugging log worksheet. Internal use only. 
    
        Const IndentSpace As Long = 2 
    
        Const SecondMessagePosition As Long = 44 
    
        Dim SpaceCount As Long 
    
        #If Not Debugging Then 
    
            Exit Sub 
    
        #End If 
    
        If Len(Message1) = 0 Then 
    
            LogWorksheet.Cells(Application.CountA(LogWorksheet.Columns(1)) + 1, 1).Value = Space(1) 
    
        Else 
    
            If Len(Message2) > 0 Then 
    
                SpaceCount = SecondMessagePosition - ((Indent * 2) + Len(Message1) + 1) 
    
                If SpaceCount > -1 Then 
    
                    Message2 = Space(SpaceCount) & Message2 
    
                Else 
    
                    Message2 = Message2 
    
                End If 
    
            End If 
    
            LogWorksheet.Cells(Application.CountA(LogWorksheet.Columns(1)) + 1, 1).Value = Space(Indent * IndentSpace) & Message1 & Message2 
    
        End If 
    
    End Sub 
    
    Public Function ExistingFile( _ 
    
            ByVal FilePath As String _ 
    
        ) As Boolean 
    
    ' Return True if the file exists, False otherwise. This routine does not use the Dir technique as 
    
    ' the Dir function resets any current Dir process. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' FilePath - Full path to the folder or file to be evaluated. 
    
        Dim Attributes As Long 
    
        On Error Resume Next 
    
        Attributes = GetAttr(FilePath) 
    
        ExistingFile = (Err.Number = 0) And (Attributes And vbDirectory) = 0 
    
        Err.Clear 
    
    End Function 
    

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  2. Kevin Jones 7,265 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-07-01T21:29:09+00:00

    Here is all of the code for the "registry" version. There are a few tweaks and bug fixes since the last code posted above.

    Public Function OneDriveLocalFilePath( _ 
    
            Optional ByRef OneDriveFilePath As String, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal ReturnFolderPathOnly As Boolean, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal ReturnEmptyIfFileNotFound As Boolean _ 
    
        ) As String 
    
    ' Returns the local file path given a URL to a file stored in a OneDrive or Sharepoint folder. For 
    
    ' some reason the Excel Workbook properties Path and FullName return URLs instead of local paths. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' OneDriveFilePath - Any valid local path or URL referencing a OneDrive file. If the path cannot be 
    
    '   resolved, the original path is returned. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' ReturnFolderPathOnly - Pass True to return the folder path only. This is the equivelant of 
    
    '   ThisWorkbook.Path. Optional. If omitted then False is assumed. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' ReturnEmptyIfFileNotFound - Pass True to return an empty or null string if the file cannot be 
    
    '   found, False to return an error message. Optional. If omitted then False is assumed. 
    
        Const RegistryPath As String = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive\" 
    
        Dim Calculation As XlCalculation 
    
        Dim ScreenUpdating As Boolean 
    
        Dim EnableEvents As Boolean 
    
        Dim WScript As Object 
    
        Dim WinMgmtS As Object 
    
        Dim Result As String 
    
        Dim ProposedFilePath As String 
    
        Dim ConfirmedFilePath As String 
    
        Dim RegistryKey As Variant 
    
        Dim RegistryKeys As Variant 
    
        Dim Types As Variant 
    
        Dim CID As String 
    
        Dim MountPoint As String 
    
        Dim URLNamespace As String 
    
        Dim LibraryType As String 
    
        Dim URLNameSpaceExtended As String 
    
        Dim LocalPartialPath As String 
    
        Dim PartialPathRootDirectory As String 
    
        Dim LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder As String 
    
        Dim LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder As String 
    
        Dim Pass As Long 
    
        Dim ExistsCount As Long 
    
        Dim LogWorksheet As Worksheet 
    
        Dim EntryCount As Long 
    
        #If Debugging Then 
    
            Calculation = Application.Calculation 
    
            Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual 
    
            ScreenUpdating = Application.ScreenUpdating 
    
            Application.ScreenUpdating = False 
    
            EnableEvents = Application.EnableEvents 
    
            Application.EnableEvents = False 
    
            On Error Resume Next 
    
            Set LogWorksheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Debugging Log") 
    
            On Error GoTo 0 
    
            If LogWorksheet Is Nothing Then 
    
                Set LogWorksheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Add(Before:=ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(1)) 
    
                LogWorksheet.Name = "Debugging Log" 
    
            End If 
    
            LogWorksheet.Cells.ClearContents 
    
            LogWorksheet.Columns(1).Font.Name = "Consolas" 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "Entering OneDriveLocalFilePath" 
    
        #End If 
    
        ' Default to the full name property of ThisWorkbook 
    
        If Len(OneDriveFilePath) = 0 Then 
    
            OneDriveFilePath = ThisWorkbook.FullName 
    
        End If 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "OneDrive file path: " & OneDriveFilePath 
    
        ' Determine if the path is a URL or a local path 
    
        If Left(OneDriveFilePath, 8) = "https://" Then 
    
            ' WScript and Winmgmts are used to navigate the registry 
    
            Set WScript = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 
    
            Set WinMgmtS = GetObject("Winmgmts:root\default:StdRegProv") 
    
            For Pass = 1 To 2 
    
                ExistsCount = 0 
    
                OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "Evaluating registry entries in '" & RegistryPath & "'" 
    
                ' Enumerate the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\SyncEngines\Providers\OneDrive 
    
                If WinMgmtS.EnumKey(&H80000001, Mid(RegistryPath, InStr(RegistryPath, "\") + 1), RegistryKeys, Types) = 0 Then 
    
                    EntryCount = 0 
    
                    For Each RegistryKey In RegistryKeys 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet 
    
                        ' Each key has three values of interest: 
    
                        ' 
    
                        '   CID - Some hash code sometimes used in the path 
    
                        '   URLNameSpace - The URL to a parent directory in the cloud 
    
                        '   MountPoint - The local path OneDrive uses to mirror files found in the URLNameSpace address 
    
                        CID = vbNullString 
    
                        MountPoint = vbNullString 
    
                        URLNamespace = vbNullString 
    
                        ProposedFilePath = vbNullString 
    
                        On Error Resume Next 
    
                        CID = WScript.RegRead(RegistryPath & RegistryKey & "\CID") 
    
                        MountPoint = WScript.RegRead(RegistryPath & RegistryKey & "\MountPoint") 
    
                        URLNamespace = WScript.RegRead(RegistryPath & RegistryKey & "\URLNamespace") 
    
                        LibraryType = WScript.RegRead(RegistryPath & RegistryKey & "\LibraryType") 
    
                        On Error GoTo 0 
    
                        EntryCount = EntryCount + 1 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "Evaluating registry entry " & EntryCount 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Key:", (RegistryKey) 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "CID:", CID 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "URLNamespace:", URLNamespace 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "MountPoint:", MountPoint 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "LibraryType:", LibraryType 
    
                        ' Remove any trailing slash from the URL name space 
    
                        If Right(URLNamespace, 1) = "/" Then 
    
                            URLNamespace = Left(URLNamespace, Len(URLNamespace) - 1) 
    
                        End If 
    
                        ' Determine the extended URL name space which may or may not include the CID 
    
                        If Len(CID) = 0 Then 
    
                            URLNameSpaceExtended = URLNamespace 
    
                        Else 
    
                            URLNameSpaceExtended = URLNamespace & "/" & CID 
    
                            If Left(OneDriveFilePath, Len(URLNameSpaceExtended)) <> URLNameSpaceExtended Then 
    
                                URLNameSpaceExtended = URLNamespace 
    
                            End If 
    
                        End If 
    
                        ' Looking for a local file path only if the base of the path being evaluated matches the extended URL name space 
    
                        If Left(OneDriveFilePath, Len(URLNameSpaceExtended)) = URLNameSpaceExtended Then 
    
                            LocalPartialPath = Mid(OneDriveFilePath, Len(URLNameSpaceExtended) + 2) 
    
                            ' It's not always clear if the first directory in the partial path is used locally, it may be a firectory only in the cloud to distinguish directories shared by others 
    
                            If InStr(LocalPartialPath, "/") > 0 Then 
    
                                PartialPathRootDirectory = Left(LocalPartialPath, InStr(LocalPartialPath, "/") - 1) 
    
                            Else 
    
                                PartialPathRootDirectory = vbNullString 
    
                            End If 
    
                            If Pass = 1 Or Pass = 2 And LibraryType = "teamsite" And Right(MountPoint, Len(PartialPathRootDirectory)) = PartialPathRootDirectory Then 
    
                                ' Build two local partial paths: one with the first folder after the mount point, and the second without the first folder after the mount point 
    
                                LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder = Replace(Replace(Mid(OneDriveFilePath, Len(URLNameSpaceExtended) + 2), "/", "\"), "%20", Space(1)) 
    
                                LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder = Mid(LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder, InStr(LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder, "\") + 1) 
    
                                If LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder = LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder Then 
    
                                    LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder = vbNullString 
    
                                End If 
    
                                OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Local partial path without first folder:", LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder 
    
                                OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Local partial path with first folder:", LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder 
    
                                If OneDriveLocalFilePath_FolderExists(MountPoint & "\" & LocalPartialPathWithoutFirstFolder, ConfirmedFilePath, ExistsCount, LogWorksheet) Then Exit For 
    
                                If Len(LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder) > 0 Then 
    
                                    If OneDriveLocalFilePath_FolderExists(MountPoint & "\" & LocalPartialPathWithFirstFolder, ConfirmedFilePath, ExistsCount, LogWorksheet) Then Exit For 
    
                                End If 
    
                            Else 
    
                                If Pass = 2 Then 
    
                                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Not a team site or right part of directory of mount point does not match the first directory of the partial path" 
    
                                End If 
    
                            End If 
    
                        Else 
    
                            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "URL name space does not match base of OneDrive path" 
    
                        End If 
    
                    Next RegistryKey 
    
                    ' Return the confirmed file path if a valid path was found 
    
                    If Len(ConfirmedFilePath) > 0 Then 
    
                        If ReturnFolderPathOnly Then 
    
                            Result = Left(ConfirmedFilePath, InStrRev(ConfirmedFilePath, "\") - 1) 
    
                        Else 
    
                            Result = ConfirmedFilePath 
    
                        End If 
    
                    Else 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet 
    
                        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "No local path was found" 
    
                    End If 
    
                Else 
    
                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "No registry entries were found" 
    
                    Result = OneDriveFilePath 
    
                End If 
    
                If ExistsCount < 2 Then Exit For 
    
                If Pass = 1 Then 
    
                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet 
    
                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "More than one existing file was found in the first pass" 
    
                    OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 0, "Doing another pass and adding an extra check for a team site with matching share drive base folder" 
    
                End If 
    
            Next Pass 
    
        Else 
    
            ' The path is not a URL so return it as-is 
    
            Result = OneDriveFilePath 
    
        End If 
    
        If ExistsCount = 0 Then 
    
            If Not ReturnEmptyIfFileNotFound Then 
    
                Result = "A local file path to an existing file was not found." 
    
            End If 
    
        End If 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "OneDrive result: " & Result 
    
        #If Debugging Then 
    
            LogWorksheet.Columns(1).EntireColumn.AutoFit 
    
            Application.Calculation = Calculation 
    
            Application.ScreenUpdating = ScreenUpdating 
    
            Application.EnableEvents = EnableEvents 
    
        #End If 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath = Result 
    
    End Function 
    
    Private Function OneDriveLocalFilePath_FileExists( _ 
    
            ByRef ProposedFilePath As String, _ 
    
            ByRef ConfirmedFilePath As String, _ 
    
            ByRef ExistsCount As Long, _ 
    
            ByVal LogWorksheet As Worksheet _ 
    
        ) As Boolean 
    
    ' Tests if file path exists. Internal use only. 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Checking proposed file path", ProposedFilePath 
    
        If ProposedFilePath = ConfirmedFilePath Then 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "File path has already been confirmed" 
    
            Exit Function 
    
        End If 
    
        If ExistingFile(ProposedFilePath) Then 
    
            ConfirmedFilePath = ProposedFilePath 
    
            ExistsCount = ExistsCount + 1 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "File path exists" 
    
        Else 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "File path does not exist" 
    
        End If 
    
    End Function 
    
    Private Function OneDriveLocalFilePath_FolderExists( _ 
    
            ByRef ProposedFolderPath As String, _ 
    
            ByRef ConfirmedFolderPath As String, _ 
    
            ByRef ExistsCount As Long, _ 
    
            ByVal LogWorksheet As Worksheet _ 
    
        ) As Boolean 
    
    ' Tests if folder path exists. Internal use only. 
    
        OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Checking proposed folder path", ProposedFolderPath 
    
        If ProposedFolderPath = ConfirmedFolderPath Then 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Folder path has already been confirmed" 
    
            Exit Function 
    
        End If 
    
        If ExistingFolder(ProposedFolderPath) Then 
    
            ConfirmedFolderPath = ProposedFolderPath 
    
            ExistsCount = ExistsCount + 1 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Folder path exists" 
    
        Else 
    
            OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog LogWorksheet, 1, "Folder path does not exist" 
    
        End If 
    
    End Function 
    
    Private Sub OneDriveLocalFilePath_WriteDebuggingLog( _ 
    
            ByVal LogWorksheet As Worksheet, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal Indent As Long, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal Message1 As String, _ 
    
            Optional ByVal Message2 As String _ 
    
        ) 
    
    ' Logs message to debugging log worksheet. Internal use only. 
    
        Const IndentSpace As Long = 2 
    
        Const SecondMessagePosition As Long = 44 
    
        Dim SpaceCount As Long 
    
        #If Not Debugging Then 
    
            Exit Sub 
    
        #End If 
    
        If Len(Message1) = 0 Then 
    
            LogWorksheet.Cells(Application.CountA(LogWorksheet.Columns(1)) + 1, 1).Value = Space(1) 
    
        Else 
    
            If Len(Message2) > 0 Then 
    
                SpaceCount = SecondMessagePosition - ((Indent * 2) + Len(Message1) + 1) 
    
                If SpaceCount > -1 Then 
    
                    Message2 = Space(SpaceCount) & Message2 
    
                Else 
    
                    Message2 = Message2 
    
                End If 
    
            End If 
    
            LogWorksheet.Cells(Application.CountA(LogWorksheet.Columns(1)) + 1, 1).Value = Space(Indent * IndentSpace) & Message1 & Message2 
    
        End If 
    
    End Sub
    
    Public Function ExistingFile( _ 
    
            ByVal FilePath As String _ 
    
        ) As Boolean 
    
    ' Return True if the file exists, False otherwise. This routine does not use the Dir technique as 
    
    ' the Dir function resets any current Dir process. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' FilePath - Full path to the folder or file to be evaluated. 
    
        Dim Attributes As Long 
    
        On Error Resume Next 
    
        Attributes = GetAttr(FilePath) 
    
        ExistingFile = (Err.Number = 0) And (Attributes And vbDirectory) = 0 
    
        Err.Clear 
    
    End Function 
    
    Public Function ExistingFolder( _ 
    
            ByVal FolderPath As String _ 
    
        ) As Boolean 
    
    ' Return True if the path is a folder, False otherwise. This routine does not use the Dir technique 
    
    ' as the Dir function resets any current Dir process. 
    
    ' 
    
    ' FolderPath - Full path to the folder to be evaluated. 
    
        Dim Attributes As Long 
    
        On Error Resume Next 
    
        Attributes = GetAttr(FolderPath) 
    
        ExistingFolder = (Err.Number = 0) And (Attributes And vbDirectory) <> 0 
    
        Err.Clear 
    
    End Function 
    

    Kevin

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  3. Kevin Jones 7,265 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-07-01T20:36:57+00:00

    I just found a test case where the short version won't work. I can't explain why but there is at least one condition or situation where FSO returns a path to the desktop folder versus the OneDrive folder. Something like:

    C:\Users\[User Name]\Desktop\Parent Folder
    

    versus what it should be:

    C:\Users\[User Name]\[Company Name]\[Root OneDrive Folder]\Parent Folder
    

    So back to the longer version that uses the registry. At this time I have to say that anything using FSO, while it works most of the time, does fail and fails big.

    Kevin

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  4. Kevin Jones 7,265 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-07-01T15:48:35+00:00

    That is a reasonable assessment Niels. I archived the longer routine and am using the new shorter version above and, until someone demonstrates otherwise, I'm assuming it's the better solution.

    Kevin

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-01T10:38:06+00:00

    So, just checking (it's a quite long thread by now!): The code in zorvek's post dated June 26 is the final ultimate answer to end all discussions? And the much longer code posted previously is just longer, but has no advantages over this new one? The new code works in all versions that support VBA - be it 365 app versions, 2019, 2021, with files on OneDrive, on Sharepoint, or outside cloud folders, on Windows and Mac, in sunshine, rain and stormy weather, with all language settings ... ? OK, I realize nobody probably knows this for sure, but as far as we know, and unless Microsoft change things again (like, unless they restore sensible functionality for .path)?

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