disk search utility that can exempt specified folders?

[Dave F.]

Hi

I'm looking for a file search utility that can be told not to search specified folders.
For example to search all of my c: drive except c:\mymusic.

Could anyone recommend such a utility?

Thanks in advance
Dave F.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi

I'm looking for a file search utility that can be told not to search
specified folders.
For example to search all of my c: drive except c:\mymusic.

Could anyone recommend such a utility?

Thanks in advance
Dave F.

It depends a lot on what you mean by "searching". Do you expect
the utility to give you a list of files that are found in all but the
excluded folder(s)? If so then this command, when executed from a
command prompt, might fit the bill:

xcopy /L /s /exclude:c:\ex.txt "c:\documents and settings\df" c:\

Place this line into c:\ex.txt: c:\mymusic
In spite of its name (xcopy), the command will NOT copy any files
when used with the above switches.

 

[Bill in Co.]

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