Look In

Single folder

e.g. c:\work\doc

Expression

Expressions can be specified for individual parts of the folder paths, i.e. The expression is not on the whole path but the path parts, e.g. the regular expression

c:\usr\dev\.*\release

would match all folders called "release" two levels down from the "c:\usr\dev" folder.

Single file

e.g. c:\work\doc\file.txt

Multiple files/folders

Multiple entries are separated with a semi-colon, e.g.

c:\work\doc;c:\work\email;c:\work\logs\special.log

Exclusion files/folders

An exclusion location is identified by an exclamation sign, e.g. to exclude the audit sub folder

c:\work\doc;!c\work\doc\audit

Location filters

Filters are expressions applied against the folder for each search item to allow groups of items to be easily targeted. A filter starts with either a plus or minus sign, e.g. to exclude all the Subversion source control sub folders (named '.svn')

c:\work\source;-.svn

or, to include only the accounting sub folders while still excluding the Subversion sub folders

c:\work\source;+account;-.svn

Lookup Lists

A lookup list is a list of locations to search, each one put on a new line, retrieved from an external file. A lookup list is identified by an equal sign, e.g.

=c:\lookup\accountsource.txt

and the contents of the accountsource.txt file could be something like:

c:\work\source

c:\work\tools

+account

-.svn

Macros

Macros identify common locations on a Windows machine. The macros are evaluated for the host system each time the search is run, which is useful if creating search criteria that may run across a number of different machines.

$(AdministrativeTools)

$(AllLocalDrives)

$(ApplicationData)

$(ApplicationDataDrive)

$(CommonAdminTools)

$(CommonApplicationData)

$(CommonDesktopFolder)

$(CommonDocuments)

$(CommonDocumentTemplates)

$(CommonFavourites)

$(CommonMyMusic)

$(CommonMyPictures)

$(CommonMyVideo)

$(CommonProgramFiles)

$(CommonProgramsGroup)

$(CommonStartMenu)

$(CommonStartup)

$(DesktopFolder)

$(DocumentTemplates)

$(Favourites)

$(Fonts)

$(InternetCache)

$(InternetCookies)

$(InternetHistory)

$(LocalApplicationData)

$(MyDocuments)

$(MyDocumentsDrive)

$(MyMusic)

$(MyNetwork)

$(MyPictures)

$(MyPrinters)

$(MyVideo)

$(Profile)

$(ProgramFiles)

$(ProgramsGroup)

$(Recent)

$(SendTo)

$(StartMenu)

$(Startup)

$(SystemFolder)

$(WindowsFolder)

$(WindowsInstallDrive)

Application specific macros for identifying the folder and drive of the application EXE:

$(FileLocatorAppFolder)

$(FileLocatorAppDrive)

Environment variables

Any environment variable set up for the computer/application can be used in the Look In field, e.g.

%TEMP%;%CLASSPATH%

could be used to search all the folders indicated by the TEMP and CLASSPATH environment variables setup for the computer.