Find the files you need
FileBoss
has dedicated search routines and an advanced /
general search routine so that you can find the files
you need quickly and accurately. From finding files by
that have specific extensions or name formats to finding
old files, recent files and even files that have
troublesome long file names FileBoss can find the files
you want. (And when finding old or recent files you can
use absolute dates or FileBoss's new relative time
system, i.e. find all files that changed today,
or find all files that haven't changed in the past
six months.
Not
only can FileBoss find files you need but once it has
found them you can work with them almost exactly as if
they were in a normal folder.
FileBoss places the results in a Virtual folder from
which you can use all of FileBoss's tools to copy,
rename, delete, concatenate, clean or whatever else you
need to do with them.
 Do
you need to find files that
Were modified, created or
accessed?
The Find Recent Files routine
lets you quickly find files using either relative (e.g.
today, in last 12 hours) or absolute times (e.g. between
1 March 2008 and 31 March 2008).
See:
Finding Modified Files
Are older than six months?
The Find Old Files routine lets
you quickly find files that have not been accessed (or
modified or created) using either relative (e.g. today,
in last 12 hours) or absolute times (e.g. between 1
March 2008 and 31 March 2008).
See:
Finding Old Files
Have
bak, tmp, or temp extensions?
You can locate files by one or
more file patterns such as *.jpg ; *.jpeg ; *.gif.
Just separate each pattern with a semi-colon. And
the patterns aren't just limited to listing extensions
you can also specify text in the middle of the file
names, e.g. *FileBoss is Great*.doc. It can be
as simple or precise as you need.
See:
Find Files by Name
Have names longer than 260 characters, 65
characters or a length you specify?
It is easy to find files and /
or folders that have names, paths or names and paths
that are too long. Just specify the minimum lengths an
entry must have and FileBoss will return all files and
folders that exceed those lengths.
See:
Find Long Filenames and Paths using FileBoss
Contain specific text strings (or patterns)?
It is easy to find files and /
or folders that have names, paths or names and paths .
See:
Finding Text in Files with FileBoss
Are bigger than 65,000 bytes or that are empty?
It is easy to find files and /
or folders that have names, paths or names and paths
that are too long. Just specify the minimum lengths an
entry must have and FileBoss will return all files and
folders that exceed those lengths.
See:
Find Files Based on their Size
Have been modified since last
backed up?
It is easy to find files and /
or folders that have names, paths or names and paths
that are too long. Just specify the minimum lengths an
entry must have and FileBoss will return all files and
folders that exceed those lengths.
See:
Find Files by Attributes
Have specified NTFS attributes?
It is easy to find files and /
or folders that have names, paths or names and paths
that are too long. Just specify the minimum lengths an
entry must have and FileBoss will return all files and
folders that exceed those lengths.
See:
Find Files by
NTFS Attributes
 After you have found
the files you can
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Copy or move them somewhere else
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Delete them
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Rename them
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Add a date to their names
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Make duplicates
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Export the file list for a report
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Capture the information in a spread sheet
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Save the results so you can work on them
later
More about search Results and using Virtual
Folders
Virtual Folders
are easily saved to disk
for later recall. A Virtual Folder can be saved as a definition so
that when it is reopened it will automatically scan for
files or it can be saved as a full Virtual Folder where all the entries
in the Virtual Folder can be quickly restored without reference to
what is actually on disk.
Virtual Folders are simple to edit
entries in a Virtual Folder can be removed so
that the trees can be
seen instead of the forest.
Multiple Virtual Folders
can be active at same time - limited only by your computer's
memory.
Persistency
whether explicitly saved to disk or not Virtual
Folders that were
open when FileBoss last closed are automatically reopened
when FileBoss is next started. (Naturally this can be turned
off and on at your discretion.)
Shifting back and forth between Virtual Folders
and Explore Views
is simple: just right-click on a folder and select the
'Explore Folder in New Window' option. Or, after
right-clicking on a folder, select 'Create Virtual Folder from
Folder' to start another, more specific Virtual Folder. (Note that
both of these commands are available in any FileBoss window
as long as the folder belongs to the file System (not a
virtual folder such as My Computer or My Network.)
Note:
Virtual Folder Views have a different color for their left pane than
Explore Views. This is just to make it easier to know which is which.
The colors used can, of course, be changed in the Options | Program
Options... dialog.
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