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Quick Start: Finding Files by Name
Select which locations 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
| • | Or select Find | Files... from the main menu |
| • | Or, click the Search button normally on the main toolbar |
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
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
Using Relative File times: The Nitty, Gritty
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 subfolders
Specific patterns can be searched for
*.doc | *.rtf would check only files with names ending in doc or rtf.
Specific patterns can be excluded
-*.bak | -*.tmp | -~* search for all files except those that have the extension bak, tmp or that start with the tilde character.
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.
Ref: HTDE_FIND_MODIFIED_FILES
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