Redirect the output of the 'search all files and folders'

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Posted July 3, 200717 yr

I would like to use the 'Search Files or Folders' command from the XP menu

but instead of the information being displayed on the screen have it written

to a text file.

Does anyone know of a way to do this?

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July 3, 200717 yr

This is the first thing off the top of my head: use the dir command.

1.. Go to a command prompt

2.. Go to the root of the drive you want to search in. Just keep typing

cd.. until you get to the root of the drive.

3.. If you want to search for a particular file name, then type the

following command:

dir *term*.* /s > c:\result.txt

Note: replace "search" with the term you are searching for. The asterisk is

a wild card. The /s means to search all subfolders also. If you need more

help with these commands, see http://www.computerhope.com/dirhlp.htm.

4.. The results of the search will be in the result.txt file.

"J. Dennison" <J. Dennison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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I would like to use the 'Search Files or Folders' command from the XP menu

but instead of the information being displayed on the screen have it written

to a text file.

Does anyone know of a way to do this?

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July 3, 200717 yr

How to print Windows XP Search results to a file ?:

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/searchresults.htm

Printing search results using the "Send To" Powertoy:

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?selm=ekT9IKs0EHA.1860%40TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl

Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]

WindowsÂ® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com

"J. Dennison" <J. Dennison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:46DBE01D-2B78-4D25-ACB9-73F23E5C6059@microsoft.com...

I would like to use the 'Search Files or Folders' command from the XP menu

but instead of the information being displayed on the screen have it written

to a text file.

Does anyone know of a way to do this?

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July 4, 200717 yr

Thanks,

I have use the dos redirect command, but I was wanting to search the entire

network as the search files or folders does. I think the Ramesh, MS-MVP has

the solution.

"Martin X." wrote:

> This is the first thing off the top of my head: use the dir command.

> 1.. Go to a command prompt

> 2.. Go to the root of the drive you want to search in. Just keep typing

> cd.. until you get to the root of the drive.

> 3.. If you want to search for a particular file name, then type the

> following command:

> dir *term*.* /s > c:\result.txt

> Note: replace "search" with the term you are searching for. The asterisk is

> a wild card. The /s means to search all subfolders also. If you need more

> help with these commands, see http://www.computerhope.com/dirhlp.htm.

> 4.. The results of the search will be in the result.txt file.

> "J. Dennison" <J. Dennison@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:46DBE01D-2B78-4D25-ACB9-73F23E5C6059@microsoft.com...

> I would like to use the 'Search Files or Folders' command from the XP menu

> but instead of the information being displayed on the screen have it written

> to a text file.

> Does anyone know of a way to do this?

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