Excel VBA Open and close a Folder

Question

So I know how to open a folder within an excel vba macro, but I want to be able to close it as well. Any thoughts? This is what I'm using to open the folder:

Shell "Explorer.exe *file path*"

Answer 1

You can use the Process ID, stored in vPID , to kill the application when you're done with it. all you have to do is invoke the TaskKill command with the same Shell function .

Dim vPID As Variant
vPID = Shell "Explorer.exe *file path*"

'Perform actions here

'// Kill file
Call Shell("TaskKill /F /PID " & CStr(vPID))