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only folders serch ??

by adid | February 11, 2005 8:28 PM PST

Hi,
can I make in XP a serch only
for folders name and not "files & folders" ??

Looks like basic to me, but still coldn't find how to do it.
tnx

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I don't think so, but
by MarkFlax Forum moderator | February 11, 2005 10:07 PM PST

is it really a problem?

If you have a folder called, for example, PersonalStuff, and use Search to find it, Search will list PersonalStuff as a folder icon which is easily identified.

Anything else it finds with words similar to Personal and/or Stuff can be disregarded.

Mark

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3 ways
by ChuckT | February 12, 2005 12:19 AM PST

In DOS:
Get to your root directory:
cd \

then enter for folder "whatever":
dir whatever /ad/s/b

If you only know that "whatver" is part of the folder name, then, instead:
dir *whatever* /ad/s/b

If you want a Windows application to do searching, the built-in Search can not be limited to only folders, but you can download other tools that will do that.
Freeware suggestions:
Agent Ransack or Xteq X-Find

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