Write Spreadsheet To File even if path doesn't exist (yet)

I am interested in using Write Spreadsheet To File to log some data to my disk. What is the easiest way to include this VI and tell it to create the folders if they don't already exist.
For example:
Using that example, if no "Data" folder can be found on my Desktop, how can I have LabVIEW create the "Data" and "Test1" folders necessary to create Test1.csv in the specified location?
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I ended up making a VI out of this community example https://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-23385
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