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Quick Start: Finding Files by Their Attributes
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 | Files by Attributes...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. |
| • | Select the Attributes you are looking for and whether FileBoss should include the file if it matches all the specified (Match All) attributes or just one of them (Match Any). |
| • | If you want exclude files containing a specific attribute check the appropriate boxes under Exclude these Files. |
In the above example FileBoss will search drive C: for all directories that have both the System and Hidden attributes set except for the folders Windows and Program Files and all of their sub-folders.
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
Find Files with Specific File Attributes
Searches can be based on any combination of file attributes
Archive, Not Archive, System, Hidden, Read Only, Directory.
Specific attributes can be excluded from the search
Such as excluding all files that are Hidden or System files.
Searches can be across a drive, path or multiple drives and paths
Such as C:\ | \\Corp-backup\C\Accounting
Specific folders can be excluded making results more meaningful
C:\ | -Windows | -Program Files would exclude the folders Windows and Program Files and all their sub-folders
Uses the power of Virtual Folders
The results of the search are put into a Virtual Folder so that the found files can be manipulated individually, in groups or all together (copy, rename, delete, move and more).
The Search can be saved for later use
So the search can be used over and over again.
Find Files with NTFS Attributes
To find files with the advanced NTFS attributes simply expand the dialog to expose those options.
Displaying the a File's Attributes
(A column that displays file attributes is present by default but if it is turned off you can turn it back on using the following procedure. Attributes are displayed as A, S, H, and R.)
 This works the same in both Explore Views and Virtual Virtual Folders.
Move the mouse over the column headers (the column headers are at the top of the Contents Window and have titles like Filename, Ext and Size.)
Right-click the to display a list of columns that can be displayed
Check the box next to Attributes.
Click the Close Menu button.
Hint: You can change the order of the columns by clicking a header with the left mouse button and, while holding the mouse button down, dragging the column to its new location.
Sorting by Attributes
Simply click on the Attributes column header. To reverse the sort click the column header again.
Include Options
 All
All files will be considered for inclusion regardless of their attributes. When this button is selected the attribute options below it will be grayed and will not be used.
Match Any
Any file that matches one or more of the checked attributes will be included in the new Virtual Folder (as long as any other criteria are met).
Match All
Any file that matches All of the checked attributes will be included in the new Virtual Folder (as long as any other criteria are met).
Exclude Options
 Excludes any file that matches any of the check attributes. Note that checking both the Archive and No Archive boxes at the same time will cause an error and FileBoss will not continue until only one (or neither) of the boxes is checked.
Ref: HTDE_CREATE_FILESET_ATTRIBUTES
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