Bulk search

Hi

I have Vista Ultimate.

I need to find about 60 files on my PC, the file names are listed on a word
document, and the actual files are stored in many different folders on my
PC.

I need to consolidate the files into one folder.

Is there some way I can do a bulk search using "search" where I load the
file names and Vista finds them and shows where they are located.

please advise

regards

Daniel

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:20:38 +1100, "Daniel" <> wrote:

>Hi
>
>I have Vista Ultimate.
>
>I need to find about 60 files on my PC, the file names are listed on a word
>document, and the actual files are stored in many different folders on my
>PC.
>
>I need to consolidate the files into one folder.
>
>Is there some way I can do a bulk search using "search" where I load the
>file names and Vista finds them and shows where they are located.

Try Agent Ransack, it's free.

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

Just a happy user, no relationship.

"Jed" <zyzygy@plenipôtentiary.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:20:38 +1100, "Daniel" <> wrote:
>
>>Hi
>>
>>I have Vista Ultimate.
>>
>>I need to find about 60 files on my PC, the file names are listed on a
>>word
>>document, and the actual files are stored in many different folders on my
>>PC.
>>
>>I need to consolidate the files into one folder.
>>
>>Is there some way I can do a bulk search using "search" where I load the
>>file names and Vista finds them and shows where they are located.
>
> Try Agent Ransack, it's free.
>
> http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
>
> Just a happy user, no relationship.

As far as I can tell it does not do a "bulk" search

In article <>,
Daniel <> wrote:
>
>Is there some way I can do a bulk search using "search" where I load the
>file names and Vista finds them and shows where they are located.
>

Well AFAIK vista doesn't have a command line search. You'll need
to script something yourself, like


REM
REM LIST.TXT SHOULD HAVE THE NAMES OF THE FILE SYOU WANT TO FIND
REM TRY TO BE SPECIFIC SO YOU DONT GET C:\FOO AND C:\SOMEDIR\FOO
REM
REM IT SHOULD BE RUN AS CLOSE TO THE ROOT AS NECESSARY TO GET THE FILES
REM YOU WANT BUT AS FAR FROM THE ROOT AS POSSIBLE SO IT DOESNT SEARCH
REM THE WHOLE DISK
REM
REM YEAH, IT SHOULD BE BETTER BUT ITS JUST A NEWSGROUP EXAMPLE SHEESH
REM
REM LOL
REM

ECHO "GENERATING FILE LIST. THIS MAY TAKE A WHILE"
DIR/B/S>MYFILES.TXT
FOR /F "TOKENS=1" %%I IN ('TYPE LIST.TXT') DO FINDSTR "%%I" MYFILES.TXT


You can script in the copy commands or save the output and just
edit it then run it as another bat script...

"the wharf rat" <> wrote in message
news:gegcbu$dt9$...
> In article <>,
> Daniel <> wrote:
>>
>>Is there some way I can do a bulk search using "search" where I load the
>>file names and Vista finds them and shows where they are located.
>>
>
> Well AFAIK vista doesn't have a command line search. You'll need
> to script something yourself, like
>
>
> REM
> REM LIST.TXT SHOULD HAVE THE NAMES OF THE FILE SYOU WANT TO FIND
> REM TRY TO BE SPECIFIC SO YOU DONT GET C:\FOO AND C:\SOMEDIR\FOO
> REM
> REM IT SHOULD BE RUN AS CLOSE TO THE ROOT AS NECESSARY TO GET THE FILES
> REM YOU WANT BUT AS FAR FROM THE ROOT AS POSSIBLE SO IT DOESNT SEARCH
> REM THE WHOLE DISK
> REM
> REM YEAH, IT SHOULD BE BETTER BUT ITS JUST A NEWSGROUP EXAMPLE SHEESH
> REM
> REM LOL
> REM
>
> ECHO "GENERATING FILE LIST. THIS MAY TAKE A WHILE"
> DIR/B/S>MYFILES.TXT
> FOR /F "TOKENS=1" %%I IN ('TYPE LIST.TXT') DO FINDSTR "%%I" MYFILES.TXT
>
>
> You can script in the copy commands or save the output and just
> edit it then run it as another bat script...
>

Thanks mate, I'm sure you are trying to be helpful and I appreciate your
efforts but I have absolutely no
idea where to start with this, all I know is that I can write a bat file in
notepad, the rest is meaningless.

regards

Daniel

After doing a great deal of research and trial and error I found that I can
do bulk search.

If I type the following in the search box
John.* OR Matthew.* OR Brian* OR Greg.*
I find any file that contains John, Matthew, Brian or Greg in the file name
and it shows the folder it is in, I can select and copy all into another
folder as I require.

regards

Daniel
"Daniel" <> wrote in message
news:OOLvfu%...
>
> "the wharf rat" <> wrote in message
> news:gegcbu$dt9$...
>> In article <>,
>> Daniel <> wrote:
>>>
>>>Is there some way I can do a bulk search using "search" where I load the
>>>file names and Vista finds them and shows where they are located.
>>>
>>
>> Well AFAIK vista doesn't have a command line search. You'll need
>> to script something yourself, like
>>
>>
>> REM
>> REM LIST.TXT SHOULD HAVE THE NAMES OF THE FILE SYOU WANT TO FIND
>> REM TRY TO BE SPECIFIC SO YOU DONT GET C:\FOO AND C:\SOMEDIR\FOO
>> REM
>> REM IT SHOULD BE RUN AS CLOSE TO THE ROOT AS NECESSARY TO GET THE FILES
>> REM YOU WANT BUT AS FAR FROM THE ROOT AS POSSIBLE SO IT DOESNT SEARCH
>> REM THE WHOLE DISK
>> REM
>> REM YEAH, IT SHOULD BE BETTER BUT ITS JUST A NEWSGROUP EXAMPLE SHEESH
>> REM
>> REM LOL
>> REM
>>
>> ECHO "GENERATING FILE LIST. THIS MAY TAKE A WHILE"
>> DIR/B/S>MYFILES.TXT
>> FOR /F "TOKENS=1" %%I IN ('TYPE LIST.TXT') DO FINDSTR "%%I" MYFILES.TXT
>>
>>
>> You can script in the copy commands or save the output and just
>> edit it then run it as another bat script...
>>
>
> Thanks mate, I'm sure you are trying to be helpful and I appreciate your
> efforts but I have absolutely no
> idea where to start with this, all I know is that I can write a bat file
> in notepad, the rest is meaningless.
>
> regards
>
> Daniel

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 20:09:31 +1100, "Daniel" <> wrote:

>After doing a great deal of research and trial and error I found that I can
>do bulk search.
>
>If I type the following in the search box
>John.* OR Matthew.* OR Brian* OR Greg.*
>I find any file that contains John, Matthew, Brian or Greg in the file name
>and it shows the folder it is in, I can select and copy all into another
>folder as I require.

Hi Daniel,

Actually, that's not quite the correct syntax. You will get faster and more accurate
results by using the new syntax for WDS to search for file names, for example:

name:john OR matthew OR brian OR greg

Using wild cards is unnecessary and slows down the search. Using upper case will
exclude names beginning with lower case, whereas using lower case finds both lower
and upper case versions.

Doug M. in NJ

On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 12:20:05 +1100, "Daniel" <> wrote:

>
>"Jed" <zyzygy@plenipôtentiary.com.invalid> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:20:38 +1100, "Daniel" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>I have Vista Ultimate.
>>>
>>>I need to find about 60 files on my PC, the file names are listed on a
>>>word
>>>document, and the actual files are stored in many different folders on my
>>>PC.
>>>
>>>I need to consolidate the files into one folder.
>>>
>>>Is there some way I can do a bulk search using "search" where I load the
>>>file names and Vista finds them and shows where they are located.
>>
>> Try Agent Ransack, it's free.
>>
>> http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
>>
>> Just a happy user, no relationship.
>
>As far as I can tell it does not do a "bulk" search

It appears you have found an alternative, however, Agent Ransack will
do bulk searches. Just enter "*.txt" or "fp*.*" etc. in the "files to
search" field and enter the text you are looking for in the text
search field.

<snip>
Hi Daniel,

Actually, that's not quite the correct syntax. You will get faster and more
accurate
results by using the new syntax for WDS to search for file names, for
example:

name:john OR matthew OR brian OR greg

Using wild cards is unnecessary and slows down the search. Using upper case
will
exclude names beginning with lower case, whereas using lower case finds both
lower
and upper case versions.

Doug M. in NJ


Thanks for the info Doug.
BChat

"Retroman" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 20:09:31 +1100, "Daniel" <> wrote:
>
>>After doing a great deal of research and trial and error I found that I
>>can
>>do bulk search.
>>
>>If I type the following in the search box
>>John.* OR Matthew.* OR Brian* OR Greg.*
>>I find any file that contains John, Matthew, Brian or Greg in the file
>>name
>>and it shows the folder it is in, I can select and copy all into another
>>folder as I require.
>
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Actually, that's not quite the correct syntax. You will get faster and
> more accurate
> results by using the new syntax for WDS to search for file names, for
> example:
>
> name:john OR matthew OR brian OR greg
>
> Using wild cards is unnecessary and slows down the search. Using upper
> case will
> exclude names beginning with lower case, whereas using lower case finds
> both lower
> and upper case versions.
>
> Doug M. in NJ

Thanks for that, you are right, I used all lower case in my search, and it
does work without the dot
but I could not get it to work without the asterisk.so this is what it looks
like for me
john* OR matthew* OR brian* OR Greg*

regards

Daniel