Windows 10: How do you search c disk for all the files with the extension txt

Hello,

So, I'm looking for quite a detailed search in CMD or RUN (not sure if they are the same), which is searching disk C for all the documents with extension txt also having 150kb. I've got Windows 10 Home if that helps?

Many thanks
Mihaela

:)

 

How to limit display settings

There is no way of limiting the projection options, but you can do this with a batch file

Create a new text file and copy this command into it

C:\Windows\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /clone

Save the file, give it a meaningful name and change the file extension to .bat instead of .txt

Then all the users have to do is double click the file . . .

 

Can't Find Specific Files

Under the older Windows Systems ( XP, + Window 7) there was a "search" command that would search your entire hard drive C for a specific file that you wanted to know where it was stored / hidden. Or you could search for a specific type of file by using a
command such as: *.txt ( this would find every .txt (text) file in drive C:.

Windows 10 no longer searches my hard drive C . It goes straight into the Web / Internet and this is

absolutely useless to me.

How do I search for files within my hard Drive C on my computer ????

 

Welcome to the forum. Open cmd prompt type
Cd\
Dir *.txt /s

 

What Samuria says is quite correct and workable. It's also possible to use a third-party search tool -- I'm a devoted user of Voidtools (Search) Everything tool, which is faster and more capable than built-in Windows search -- to search for *.txt, either on a single drive or some combination of drives.
HTH,
--Ed--

 

Thank you Samuria for the reply and for the welcome ! *Smile
Trying to type that in but i get different messages all the time like the syntax it's not correct, like it's not recognized as an internal or external command? Can i kindly ask how exactly should look like?

Many thanks
Mihaela

 

Thank you EdTittel for the reply! I've noted the other program you are using, but unfortunately for this one i will have to use CMD *Sad

 

You can't use Dir or any other commands to list only text files with file size 150kb, you will need to create a batch script to accomplish this task.

Execute below command to list all text files stored at C: partition and sort the list of text files starting from smallest text files.


Code: Dir /s /o:s C:\*.txt | more[/quote]

 

Not in a Command prompt, but you can in Powershell. This finds all *.txt files in the current directory or below in the size range 150kb to 300kb.

Code: Get-ChildItem *.txt -recurse | where {($_.Length) -gt 150KB} | where {($_.Length) -lt 300KB}[/quote]
Well, actually you can run Powershell commands in a Command prompt, like this...

Code: powershell "Get-ChildItem *.txt -recurse | where {($_.Length) -gt 150KB} | where {($_.Length) -lt 300KB}"[/quote]
If you search recursively from the root of the C:\ drive you'll want to supress error messages when trying to access folders you don't have permission for. To do that you should add -erroraction 'silentlycontinue' to your powershell command.

Code: Get-ChildItem C:\*.txt -recurse -erroraction 'silentlycontinue' | where {($_.Length) -gt 150KB} | where {($_.Length) -lt 300KB}[/quote]

 

Maybe if you explain exactly what you are trying to do we can be of more help. Why do you need to use CMD prompt or RUN box?

Bree, when I run the last example you posted, this is what I get:

Code: PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> Get-ChildItem C:\*.txt -recurse -erroraction 'silentlycontinue' | where {($_.Length) -gt 150KB} | where {($_.Length) -lt 300KB} Directory: C:\Users\ztruk\Documents\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\AC\AppCache\ADAOO2L2\101 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 10/30/2015 5:07 AM 272448 C__Windows_SystemApps_Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy_cache_De sktop_2[1].txt Directory: C:\Users\ztruk\Documents\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Cortana_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Devic eSearchCache Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 2/15/2016 9:33 AM 226246 SettingsCache.txt Directory: C:\Users\ztruk\Documents\AppData\Roaming\Roxio Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- -a---- 4/23/2015 11:23 PM 183934 PlasmaLog.txt Get-ChildItem : Access is denied At line:1 char:9 + Get-ChildItem C:\*.txt -recurse -erroraction 'silentlycontinu ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ) [Get-ChildItem], UnauthorizedAccessException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> Last edited by Bree; 1 Hour Ago at 06:19 PM. At line:1 char:32 + Last edited by Bree; 1 Hour Ago at 06:19 PM. + ~~~~ Unexpected token 'Hour' in expression or statement. + CategoryInfo : ParserError: ) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnexpectedToken PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> My ComputersSystem Spec My : The term 'My' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:7 + My ComputersSystem Spec + ~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (My:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException PS C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0> Quote Quote Multi-Quote This Message Quote : The term 'Quote' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:5 + Quote Quote Multi-Quote This Message + ~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Quote:String) [], CommandNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException[/quote] Why am I getting the errors, other than Access Denied, those I understand.

 

Why am I getting the errors, other than Access Denied, those I understand.[/quote] Finger trouble - you appear to have accidentally pasted more than just the command (looks like the rest of the post got copied too). *Smile

 

Must have, sorry. Did it again and ran in the Powershell ISE and it worked great.

 

I tried the Everything tool and it is very fast, but it doesn't search in, for example, my Documents folder, for terms (words) within, for example, Word files in MS Word. Disappointing.

 

No, it's strictly a file locator. It does not search within files.

A good search program that does search in files is Agent Ransack. I've used it off and on for years with good success. It's free so give it a try.

 

Thank you all for your replies! I have managed to find all the documents in disk C but none of them where 150kb, so I'm going for the full report of the documents existing. This was one of the tasks for a course that I'm doing, so thank you all one more time! *Smile*Smile