Searching for folders by name

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I will need to search a drive for all folders named "presentation",
display their size, last modified date & save the output to a file.
How can I do that? Thanks
 
Tom said:
I will need to search a drive for all folders named "presentation",
display their size, last modified date & save the output to a file.
How can I do that? Thanks
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The ordinary Windows XP search will let you search for
folders (select "Folder" from the list for "Type of file"
under "More Advanced Options" for the regular
all-files-and-folders search), and you can specify the data
you want with "Choose Details ..." under "View".

I'd never tried this before, but I just found the two folders
with "Microsoft" in their name in my "My Documents"
in short order. If I wanted to save the results, I'd use
the Print Screen key.

Easier than obtaining an extra piece of software, IMHO.
 
Anthony Buckland said:
The ordinary Windows XP search will let you search for
folders (select "Folder" from the list for "Type of file"
under "More Advanced Options" for the regular
all-files-and-folders search), and you can specify the data
you want with "Choose Details ..." under "View".

I'd never tried this before, but I just found the two folders
with "Microsoft" in their name in my "My Documents"
in short order. If I wanted to save the results, I'd use
the Print Screen key.

Easier than obtaining an extra piece of software, IMHO.
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But it won't show folder sizes, which was one of OP's criteria.

Pegasus' FolderSizes might do or OP could use
http://foldersize.sourceforge.net/ which is freeware (unlike FS). If you
have it installed, you can see folder sizes in XP's Search Results (if
you're in Details view).

But AgentRansack is IMO generally a far better tool than XP's built-in
search and worth installing anyway (it's on every XP PC I use). While it
won't show folder sizes (even with FolderSize installed), it does offer a
Save Results function.
 
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