searching a file

What are you working in?  VBScript (.vbs), VB6, VBA or VB.Net?

VBA

You could use the FileSystemObject's FileExists method as follows:

public function SimpleFindFile(sFileName as String) As String
dim fso as New FileSystemObject
dim sPath1 as string
dim sPath2 as string

sPath1="C:\My Music\"
sPath2="C:\My Other Music\"

if fso.FileExists(sPath1 & sFileName) Then
SimpleFindFile=sPath1 & sFilename
exit function
end if

if fso.FileExists(sPath2 & sFileName) Then
SimpleFindFile=sPath2 & sFilename
exit function
end if

SimpleFindFile="Not found."

end function

This assumes that the number of possible paths is limited and it will also only return the first match so if the same file resides in both folders only the first one will be returned.

Is this what you meant or do you need a full search facility?

Bill

By the way, you'll also need a reference to Windows Script Host in your project.

Bill

I nedd a full search facility so I only know that it could be in c:

If you only know the drive that it is on then your search could take a very long time as it would need to be recursive and it wouldn't run as quickly as the windows search function.

Take a look at this code.
http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.asp?ID=6979

Bill