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Quick Start: Advanced File Find
Select What to Search
Select the folder(s), paths(s) or drive(s) you want to search in either the left or right windows. The Find dialog will default to searching these selections but they can be easily changed in the dialog itself.
Open the Find Dialog:
| • | Select Find | Advanced File Search... from the main menu |
Enter the Filenames or Patterns to Search for
| • | Enter the file patterns you are looking for. Multiple patterns are separated by either a semi-colon (;) or a bar character (|). You can even specify folders to exclude by preceding the name with a minus sign. For complete details right-click the field in the program. |
| • | Then enter the search criteria. You can search on multiple criteria by checking the appropriate check box to activate that section. |
Hint: You can limit your search (and thus speed it up and make its results more meaningful) by specifying one or more folders to search instead of just a whole drive. You can also, in the Patterns field, specify only certain files to search file such as *.doc | *.jpg | *.jpeg | *.html | *.htm
Click OK to search and create a Virtual Folder of all matching files
More About Virtual Folders (Search Results)?
Virtual Folders are similar to Explore Views
but rather than containing the files in one folder they can contain files in multiple folders, all folders on a drive and even in multiple drives across networks.
Almost all commands and operations
that can be applied to files and folders in an Explore View can be applied to Virtual Folders.
Virtual Folders allow hundreds of thousands
of files, let alone tens or hundreds of files, to be manipulated together: copied, renamed, duplicated and many other powerful routines built into FileBoss.
Virtual Folders can be created simply,
for example by telling FileBoss to use all files in and below the My Documents folder.
Virtual Folders can be created with great finesse,
for example by telling FileBoss to use all files on drive C: and D: with the extension EXE, COM, DLL but not in the Windows folder or anywhere in and below the Program Files folders and not any files that have names beginning with a tilde (~) character (and that is just a simple finesse!)
Virtual Folders can be saved for quick recall later.
They can be saved on disk as a definition file that when opened immediately research for all files that meet the search definition associated with the Virtual Folder. They can also be saved where every entry is saved to disk. When reopened no search is performed, every entry is displayed just as they were when the Virtual Folder was saved.
Virtual Folders allow you to quickly sort
and group files to see what is on your computer.
Virtual Folders is the underlying technology
for comparing folders, paths or drives so that once you have seen one you have seen both.
Virtual Folders are perfect for collecting files of a similar type
or for a similar use for quick access in other applications.
Definition based Virtual Folders are perfect
for repeatedly backing up project files, duplicating frequently used files or updating a working set of files.
Ref: HTDE_CREATE_FILESET
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