# Add a proper If-File-Exists condition IF-BLOCK
**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/add-a-proper-if-file-exists-condition-if-block/4109
**Category:** Feature Requests
**Created:** [September 9, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/add-a-proper-if-file-exists-condition-if-block/4109 "2010-09-09T10:52:46Z")
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/add-a-proper-if-file-exists-condition-if-block/4109/1 "2010-09-09T10:52:46Z")
At the moment I always have to combine the "If File/Folder Exists" action with an "If Prev Action Failed" Block to conditionally exectue a code path depending on the existance of some file. (And to keep it short it's illogical to have the exists-check fail when I want to execute the following code).
So: What we really need is a proper "If file/folder Exists" conditonal block and rename the old one to "Check file/folder Exists" as this is what it does.
Talking of which: an "If Prev Action Succeeded" Block would also be nice.
cheers,
Martin
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### Author:  [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2010, 11:04am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/add-a-proper-if-file-exists-condition-if-block/4109/2 "2010-09-09T11:04:06Z")
Ah. Workaround is to
\* Set the action to [FAil if missing]
\* Check “Ignore Failure”
\* And just add the stuff you want conditionally executed as children to the check-file action.
Still - I think it would be much better if we had an action that doesn’t rely on activating “Ignore Failure” to perform its normal operation.
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### Author:  [@nelsonwolf](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/nelsonwolf)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/add-a-proper-if-file-exists-condition-if-block/4109/3 "2010-09-13T05:54:03Z")
+1