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Can XYplorer search in folders whose name matches a particular string?

For example, find files named "ELEPHANT" in all folders whose name contains the word "PHOTO".

Imho not with the search interface. But it can be done via scripting...

I wonder if this has changed in version 14?

I can't keep up with all the new features in all the new versions! It's too exhausting. (Donald please note!)

No, it hasn't changed.

There is this old, unfulfilled wish of mine:

http://www.xyplorer.com/xyfc/viewtopic. ... vel#p73839

Some day, maybe...

Enter these in the find panel's name box to:

• find all items with "elephant" in name that are first children of folders with "photo" in name (ie, located right inside the folder, not in subfolders):

  Code: Select all

  name:elephant AND prop:#176:photo

  note: #176 is "Folder name" in Windows 7
• find all items with "elephant" in name that are in folders with "photo" in name, or it's subfolders:

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  name:elephant AND prop:#180:photo

  note: #180 is "Path" in Windows 7

And there's also regexp.

• Prerequisite: You have to check the "Path" options in Find panel's Name&Location tab,
  and check the "Not" beside "Directory" in the Attributes panel (which will check both)[/pre]

Enter these in the find panel's name box to:

• find all items with "elephants" in name that are first children of folders with "photo" in name (ie, located right inside the folder, not in subfolders):

  Code: Select all

  >.*photo[^\\]*\\elephant[^\\]*$

• find all items with "elephants" in name that are in folders with "photo" in name, or it's subfolders:

  Code: Select all

  >.*photo.*\\elephant[^\\]*$

[edit: niceties]
[edit: photos->photo]

Here http://www.xyfindit.com/index.html you can do it.
(joke)

SammaySarkar wrote:Enter these in the find panel's name box to:
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Many thanks SammaySarkar! Perhaps not very user friendly, but still a nice way to do such things.