' Read the list of paths (newline-separated) into an array... strPaths = Split(WScript.StdIn.ReadAll, vbCrLf) ' Split each path by the delimiter (/)... For i = 0 To UBound(strPaths) strPaths(i) = Split(strPaths(i), "/") Next With CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") ' Test each path segment... For j = 0 To UBound(strPaths(0)) ' Test each successive path against the first... For i = 1 To UBound(strPaths) If strPaths(0)(j) <> strPaths(i)(j) Then Exit For Next ' If we didn't make it all the way through, exit the block... If i <= UBound(strPaths) Then Exit For ' Make sure this path exists... If Not .FolderExists(strPath & strPaths(0)(j) & "/") Then Exit For strPath = strPath & strPaths(0)(j) & "/" Next End With ' Remove the final "/"... WScript.Echo Left(strPath, Len(strPath) - 1)