Save and Copy filenames Shell Extension

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Eric D

Just wanted to let everyone know of a freeware program that is useful
for saving the results of Windows Explorer search results to a file.
It is a shell extension- once installed you just select the files in
Explorer, right-click select Save And Copy Filenames and you can save
the filenames to the Clipboard or text file.

http://www.onlinecoursetools.com/delphi.asp

Completely free with Delphi source code included- check it out.
 
Eric said:
Just wanted to let everyone know of a freeware program that is useful
for saving the results of Windows Explorer search results to a file.
It is a shell extension- once installed you just select the files in
Explorer, right-click select Save And Copy Filenames and you can save
the filenames to the Clipboard or text file.

http://www.onlinecoursetools.com/delphi.asp

Completely free with Delphi source code included- check it out.
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At least in ME, if one right clicks on the results in an Explorer
search window, you have the option of saving the search. What's the
advantage of the program you're listing (just curious)?
 
John said:
At least in ME, if one right clicks on the results in an Explorer
search window, you have the option of saving the search.
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But that only saves the search CRITERIA, not the RESULTS. I just
tried it and there's no way with Win ME to save the results of a
search.
 
John Corliss said:
At least in ME, if one right clicks on the results in an Explorer
search window, you have the option of saving the search. What's the
advantage of the program you're listing (just curious)?
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You can save the results of the search but you can't actually do
anything with the results except see them again in Explorer. I.E. you
can't copy the results to the clipboard and paste them into a batch
file or into Excel where you can do more useful things with the
results. That's what makes this program useful.
 
Eric said:
You can save the results of the search but you can't actually do
anything with the results except see them again in Explorer. I.E. you
can't copy the results to the clipboard and paste them into a batch
file or into Excel where you can do more useful things with the
results. That's what makes this program useful.
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I see. It would be nice if the program also saved file size, date,
etc., but it's still worth a try. There have been occasions when I've
needed such a feature. Thanks for the link and the clarification!
 
| You can save the results of the search but you can't actually
| do anything with the results except see them again in Explorer.
| I.E. you can't copy the results to the clipboard and paste them
| into a batch file or into Excel where you can do more useful
| things with the results. That's what makes this program useful.

Eric D ...

After a search using the Windows find dialog,
I select the files I want, then Right-Click
and use File Targets from Moon Software
in order to copy file names to the clipboard ...

http://www.moonsoftware.com/download.asp

This is very handy ...
 
I see. It would be nice if the program also saved file size, date,
etc., but it's still worth a try. There have been occasions when I've
needed such a feature. Thanks for the link and the clarification!
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Solution #1 Use an alternative search app.
PowerDesks FileFinder as a seperate tool, mentioned here recently:
http://www.shellfront.org/utils/
http://www.shellfront.org/utils/find.zip
It lets you save the results (as well as the search).
It does not let you save in csv format, though.

Solution #2 Extract the text from Windows' search results.
In Windows '95, '98, ME you can use TextGrabber:
http://www.winsite.com/bin/Info?500000010955
This tool optionally lets you save in csv format.
I have found that in WinXP (possibly in all NT based systems) it only
extracts the names from Windows' Search and Explorer Windows, though.

(Pc Mags FileGrab can also save in csv format and still works in XP)
 
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