Help needed...file system search?

[timmyr]

I am attempting to do file searches in XP in order to locate certain file types on my hard drive. For instance, I would like to search my entire hard drive for ".jpeg" images. In XP I can perform the search and get the desired results like I need them (e.g., a "detail" view). The only problem is that I cannot get the output in the form I need, a printed copy of the search results with both filename and locations.

In Windows, I have attempted to "Select All" of the search results, with the idea that I just cut & paste the selected results to a Word document and then print. However, the "Select All" function only selects the filename column, not the directory column. Without the location, this does me no good.

My next idea was to use virtual dos command:

"dir *.jpeg /s" and pipe the output to a text file. However, I don't know how to pipe the output to a text file in Dos. Does DOS allow you to redirect the output into a text file?

Anyway, my ultimate goal is to be able to print my search results to hardcopy with both filename and file locations. Any help that anyone can provide is greatly appreciated.

[bovak]

after the search is complete, change view to detailed view, and then go to edit, select all and then file and then select print. hope this is what u want to do...

[bovak]

i got ya now, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
your asking alot from xp, u need an outside application to do that i believe like directory printer or the equal, thats the only way i know how to do that....
sorry, i misunderstood ur post...heh read it 2 fast

[bovak]

or even a screen capture proggy...

[timmyr]

Bovak, no. Select print prints every document that results from my search. I am simply trying to print the results from my search (e.b. filename and location).

This was very simple to do in '98. All you had to do was cut and paste your search results. But since MS idiot proofed 2000 and XP, it seems they've taken some of the most important functionality out of the software. I have to re-organize a 'puter at work. I have to inventory certain files on the 'puter and then locate them in one place.

[timmyr]

I've tried the screen capture...in other words, I print screen and then paste to a Word document. However, it's too voluminous and the printed output is not legible.

[bovak]

sorry tim, ill keep an eye on this post to see what the answer is, id like to know 2!!

[rumtum_lum]

For DOS:

dir /s *.jpg > myresults.txt

The pipe ">" is similar to UNIX.

[timmyr]

Thanks rumtum. I'll give it a try today. I had no luck with the " | " syntax.