# Can't access subfolder's in a processing project

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**Category:** Processing.py\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 8:56am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/cant-access-subfolders-in-a-processing-project/25527 "2020-11-19T08:56:33Z")\
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> [@cornedb2](#):
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> I’ve already tried **dataPath()** and **dataFile()** but without success.

> [@How to check if a file is exist in data folder by code?](https://discourse.processing.org/t/how-to-check-if-a-file-is-exist-in-data-folder-by-code/589/7):
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> Yes! Just pass an empty string "" to dataPath(): dataFolderPath = this.dataPath('') + '/' print dataFolderPath … or to dataFile(): dir = this.dataFile('') dataFolderPath = dir.path + '/' print dataFolderPath However, if you need all files within the sketch’s “data/” folder, like all images for example, you can use listPaths(), passing the “data/” folder path + a string w/ all desired “extensions=,”: sunglasses PICS\_EXTS = 'extensions=,png,jpg,jpeg,gif,tif,tiff,tga,bmp,wbmp' dir = this.…

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