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Searching all but one folder

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Bill

Flightless Bird
I often need to search a large network drive for a filename (or part of) and
it would speed up greatly if I could NOT search one particularly large
directory that is used for day to day stuff. The directory I don't want to
search is system generated and cannot be moved.

Anyone know whether I can exclude a directory in the standard xp file
search, or is there a freebie that will do it. Bear in mind it is on a
network drive.

Thanks for any help.

Regards.
Bill.
 
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Bob I

Flightless Bird
Use Agent Ransack and choose ALL the folders you want to search.

Bill wrote:

> I often need to search a large network drive for a filename (or part of)
> and it would speed up greatly if I could NOT search one particularly
> large directory that is used for day to day stuff. The directory I don't
> want to search is system generated and cannot be moved.
>
> Anyone know whether I can exclude a directory in the standard xp file
> search, or is there a freebie that will do it. Bear in mind it is on a
> network drive.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Regards.
> Bill.
 
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Jim

Flightless Bird
On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:55:16 -0000, "Bill" <bill@bill.com> wrote:

>I often need to search a large network drive for a filename (or part of) and
>it would speed up greatly if I could NOT search one particularly large
>directory that is used for day to day stuff. The directory I don't want to
>search is system generated and cannot be moved.
>
>Anyone know whether I can exclude a directory in the standard xp file
>search, or is there a freebie that will do it. Bear in mind it is on a
>network drive.
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Regards.
>Bill.



SuperFinder XT http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearch.html free .
 
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Bill

Flightless Bird
Thanks both.
Bill

"Jim" <bojimbo261@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:tifbn59kmsrga9sibq6n8gcb300mdg44ti@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 08:55:16 -0000, "Bill" <bill@bill.com> wrote:
>
> >I often need to search a large network drive for a filename (or part of)

and
> >it would speed up greatly if I could NOT search one particularly large
> >directory that is used for day to day stuff. The directory I don't want

to
> >search is system generated and cannot be moved.
> >
> >Anyone know whether I can exclude a directory in the standard xp file
> >search, or is there a freebie that will do it. Bear in mind it is on a
> >network drive.
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
> >
> >Regards.
> >Bill.

>
>
> SuperFinder XT http://fsl.sytes.net/ssearch.html free .
 
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