Tuesday, May 04, 2010

* Windows Search : Saving Search results to text file

In Windows 7, when you perform search using Windows Explorer, there is no direct way of exporting the results to a text file.

Here is a small trick to copy them to a text file.

1 - Open Windows Explorer and search for what you want
2 - When the search results populate, select all (Ctrl + A)
3 - Hold the Shift key and Right Click on the search results
4 - Select "Copy as Path" (this option only shows up when you hold shift before the right click)
5 - Paste into a notepad window, Excel spreadsheet, etc...
The results will be formatted as:
"\path\to\first\item"
"\path\to\second\item"
...

Thanks Tarek Ayna.

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