Batch file - to search ?

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How would i create a batch file to search for a file/folder in XP?
I am soing an exercise where the search function is not working in XP.
 
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Pegasus \(MVP\)

Ekka said:
How would i create a batch file to search for a file/folder in XP?
I am soing an exercise where the search function is not working in XP.
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To search for a file:

@echo off
dir /s /a-d c:\Ekka*.*

For a folder:
dir /s /ad c:\Ekka*.*

For both:

dir /s c:\Ekka*.*
 
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Guest

Pegasus thats great thanks. Can you also do this as a registry export (not
using regedit.exe)? In other words search for and then export the information.
 

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