Find / Search problem

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Slartibartfast

I have recently moved from Windows 98 to XP.

Under W98 I was able to use the "Find" utility to search a specified
directory to find files which had been modified within the previous XX days.
I was able to save this specific "find" so that I could call it up by a
click on a desktop icon.

(The reason I used this was because I wanted to copy some or all of the
files on my office computer onto a Zip Disk to put onto my computer at home,
and vice versa.)

Under XP I can't find a way to make the "Search" utility do this, so I'm
wondering whether there are any freeware utilities which will do the job.
I'm not asking for a synchronise or backup program; just a simple search or
find tool on which I can save the parameters so I can repeat the search at
the click of a button.

TIA for any advice.
 
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MLC

martedì 03/ago/2004 _Slartibartfast_ in
I have recently moved from Windows 98 to XP.

Under W98 I was able to use the "Find" utility to search a specified
directory to find files which had been modified within the previous XX days.
I was able to save this specific "find" so that I could call it up by a
click on a desktop icon.

(The reason I used this was because I wanted to copy some or all of the
files on my office computer onto a Zip Disk to put onto my computer at home,
and vice versa.)

Under XP I can't find a way to make the "Search" utility do this, so I'm
wondering whether there are any freeware utilities which will do the job.
I'm not asking for a synchronise or backup program; just a simple search or
find tool on which I can save the parameters so I can repeat the search at
the click of a button.

TIA for any advice.
Click to expand...

TrackerV3
I find it wonderful and with a very little memory footprint, dispite its
many features.

http://www.trackerv3.com/
 
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gaspin

I have recently moved from Windows 98 to XP.

Under W98 I was able to use the "Find" utility to search a specified
directory to find files which had been modified within the previous XX
days. I was able to save this specific "find" so that I could call it
up by a click on a desktop icon.

(The reason I used this was because I wanted to copy some or all of
the files on my office computer onto a Zip Disk to put onto my
computer at home, and vice versa.)

Under XP I can't find a way to make the "Search" utility do this, so
I'm wondering whether there are any freeware utilities which will do
the job. I'm not asking for a synchronise or backup program; just a
simple search or find tool on which I can save the parameters so I can
repeat the search at the click of a button.

TIA for any advice.
Click to expand...

Find.exe (or Find.zip). See this recent discussion.
http://tinyurl.com/6bd7b
 
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Slartibartfast

MLC said:
martedì 03/ago/2004 _Slartibartfast_ in


TrackerV3
I find it wonderful and with a very little memory footprint, dispite its
many features.
Click to expand...

I'm just having a look at it now, and although it might be useful for other
reasons, I still can't do a search easily. With Windows 98 it was as simple
as a double-click on the desktop icon and then a click on "Find Now".

Thanks anyway, and I'll have a play with it tonight to see if I'm missing
something.
 
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Slartibartfast

gaspin said:
Find.exe (or Find.zip). See this recent discussion.
http://tinyurl.com/6bd7b
Click to expand...

Thanks for replying. I've just had a quick look at it, and it seems not to
like dates in this century. It is Y2K compliant isn't it?

I'll have another look tonight - perhaps I'm doing something wrong.
 
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Tom McDonald

I have recently moved from Windows 98 to XP.

Under W98 I was able to use the "Find" utility to search a specified
directory to find files which had been modified within the previous XX
days. I was able to save this specific "find" so that I could call it
up by a click on a desktop icon.

(The reason I used this was because I wanted to copy some or all of
the files on my office computer onto a Zip Disk to put onto my
computer at home, and vice versa.)

Under XP I can't find a way to make the "Search" utility do this, so
I'm wondering whether there are any freeware utilities which will do
the job. I'm not asking for a synchronise or backup program; just a
simple search or find tool on which I can save the parameters so I can
repeat the search at the click of a button.

TIA for any advice.
Click to expand...

TweakUI for XP (Microsoft PowerToy) allows you to restore the Classic
search mode.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-
US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

short URL:
http://tinyurl.com/7zk

You can then go File - Save Search to desktop

So many things in XP are advances that need to be undone.
 
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Slartibartfast

Tom McDonald said:
TweakUI for XP (Microsoft PowerToy) allows you to restore the Classic
search mode.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-
US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

short URL:
http://tinyurl.com/7zk

You can then go File - Save Search to desktop

So many things in XP are advances that need to be undone.
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Thanks Tom, but even with this, the next time I do a find, the directory I
searched in when I saved it is replaced with "Local Hard Drives (C:;G:)",
whereas in W98, the saved find would always call up the same directory. Am
I (or my machine) doing something wrong, or is that the way it works in XP?
 
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Tom McDonald

Thanks Tom, but even with this, the next time I do a find, the
directory I searched in when I saved it is replaced with "Local Hard
Drives (C:;G:)", whereas in W98, the saved find would always call up
the same directory. Am I (or my machine) doing something wrong, or is
that the way it works in XP?
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Yes, you're right. Tracker may be your best bet, it will remember its
last settings.
 
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Donald Lessau

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MLC

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