The ParentFolder property determines the parent folder from which the file was obtained.
<html> <body> <script language="JScript"> <!-- function get() { var myObject, f; myObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); f = myObject.GetFile("c:\yourfolder\myTest.txt"); alert("The name of the parent folder is: " + f.ParentFolder.Path); } //--> </script> Click to get the name of the parent folder <form name="myForm"> <input type="Button" value="Get Parent Folder" onClick='get()'> </form> </body> </html>