Yep. In the search box, type c:\<folder name>\*.*, where <folder name> is 
the actual name of a folder, such as c:\my documents. Note that folders with 
spaces must be enclosed in quotation marks. Hope that helps.
Chris Hallsworth
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 5:48 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Question on locating files


> My friend sent me this message and I can't answer it. He is using XP if 
> that will help. He doesn't want to search the hole computer, but just one 
> folder.
>
> Lois
>
> If you have a folder that has a variety of file extensions....
>
> .doc
> .txt
> .ltr
> .mp3
>
> and this folder is large with say 100 files in it.  Is there a way to
> isolate say only the extension of mp3.  This was doable in DOS using
>
> dir *.mp3
>
> but is there some way to do this in Windows?
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