Display working folder name in a cell

aerobharath15

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HI,

When I open this excel file, i want a particular cell to show the name of the folder this excel file is in. I would like a formula that displays only the folder name and not the full file path. thanks in advance.
 

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Code:
=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(CELL("filename",A1),SEARCH("[",CELL("filename",A1))-2),"\",REPT(" ",20)),20))
 
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try
Code:
=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(CELL("filename",A1),SEARCH("[",CELL("filename",A1))-2),"\",REPT(" ",20)),20))

SIMPLY WOWWW.. thanks Alan :)

Please can you also help me with the below?

How to display the current account user of MS EXCEL in a cell?

thanks
 
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what's =CELL("filename",A1) produced?
 
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