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Main Search Options |
Main search options tab is used to define what and where to search.
Name - defines file(s) name(s) to search. You may use filename wildcards (* and ?) to specify files to search.
* - substitutes any part of the filename (*.txt means all files that have .txt extension)
? - substitutes any symbol in filename (Easte?.txt)
Various combinations of wildcards can be used (e.g. East??.* or *.tx?)
You may use the following logical expressions:
1) "filename1" "filename2" - search for filename1 or filename2
2) "filename1" +"filename2" - search for filename1 and filename2
3) "filename1" -"filename2" - search for filename1 and not filename2
Example: -"*.doc" - search for all files except Word documents
Folder - defines folder (or drive) to search files on.
Local hard drives - designates all hard drives found on the local machine as a search place.
X:\ - specifies the X drive to conduct search on.
To specify exact folder to search in you should press Browse and point to the needed folder in the folders tree.
Folders - defines a number of folders (or drives) to search files on.
To add a folder to Folders list select a folder in Folder field and press the Add button.
To remove a folder from Folders list select the folder in the list and press Delete.
To clear Folders list for good press Clear
Include subdirectories - if this option is set all sub-folders (or sub-directories) that lie in search folder(s)
will also be searched for files (e.g. both C:\Easter and C:\Easter\2002 will be searched for files).
Search in - controls the search location(s) choice.
To search for files on location specified in Folder field set this to Folder.
To search for files on location(s) specified in Folders list set this to Folders.
To search for files on locations specified both in Folder field and in Folders list set this to Folder + Folders.
To search for files in results of previous search set this to Results.
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