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Read the value of a cell from another excel file without opening it - techberth - 23-11-2019 You have an excel file at location D:\ (example D:\fromdata.xlsx ) and you want to read its cell value E2 and put it inside the file located at C:\ (example C:\todata.xlsx ) Open your file at C:\todata.xlsx go to Developer Tab and then insert a button copy below codes and paste between the Command Button click  (just below Button1_Click()) Dim wkbk1 As Workbook Set wkbk1 = Workbooks.Open("D:\fromdata.xlsx") Dim cellvalueofdatafile As Variant cellvalueofdatafile = wkbk1.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("E" & 2) wkbk1.Close ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A" & 1) = cellvalueofdatafile now we have the cell value of E2 (of D:\fromdata.xlsx, Sheet1) in the variable cellvalueofdatafile which can be put it inside your file A1 by using the formula ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A" & 1) = cellvalueofdatafile Save it as macro enabled file