In Windows 7, when I search for a file, how can I specify details like "search for folders only"?
Is the widget in the top right of the window the only way to make a search?
Isn't there anything like in Linux, MacOS, Windows XP, ...?
Thanks
In Windows 7, when I search for a file, how can I specify details like "search for folders only"?
Is the widget in the top right of the window the only way to make a search?
Isn't there anything like in Linux, MacOS, Windows XP, ...?
Thanks
Ok, I found it. In the widget in the top right of a folder window, you have to manually write:
kind:folders folderName
If this is the only way to do it, I would say they are going back from GUIs to text mode interfaces...
This is progress, after all ;-)
I am sorry if this is not a purely development related topic.
kind:folder
will find true File Folders and also archive files (specifically, WinZip files, but maybe also things like .CAB
, RAR files, etc.), whereas type:folder
will find only true File Folders. Try searching for Advanced tips for searching in Windows
in Windows Help and Support.
Mar 13, 2013 at 18:35
typ:=Dateiordner
WIN + F; -> in the top right you should be able to create a filter.
For explanation, WIN + F is the basic windows search known from XP and so on. As they removed the dog, they left as hanging without a pet :(!
But win + F brings you too your search (without pet), at the top right you should be able too "create filter" by "Kind" "ChangeDate" "Type" "Size" -> Type should do it, but you have too scrool trough the possibilities.
use powershell which is part of Windows 7.
dir -recurse | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer } | ForEach-Object { $_.FullName }
- recurse means start in this folder and do all subfolders
I use this from within an AutoHokey script and tied it to Win-G key combination:
#g::
InputBox, SearchTerm,GT57 Find and Goto To Folder,,,,110
if (SearchTerm <> "")
run, explorer.exe "search-ms:crumb=type:folder&query="%SearchTerm%
From a Run window, run the following command:
explorer.exe "search-ms:crumb=type:folder&query="YOUR DESIRED FOLDER"
You can narrow your searches using a variety of keywords, or search parameters, which can restrict your query to specific locations, specific file types or properties within those types, or specific "file kinds." File kinds are displayed at the top of the Windows Search Explorer, accessible by pressing the Windows Logo key + F.
To match a specific string literally, without it being interpreted as a keyword, you can use double quotation marks. Words in a search query entered between quotation marks are matched exactly, in the order they were entered.
Click here for the list of search filters available by default per Windows Search v4.
You can narrow your search in Windows Search to respond with only files and folders from hard drives (i.e. not in Outlook or ZIP files) by appending "store:files" to the search criteria. More infomration can be found here.