Microsoft XP Search

[txrandom]

Is there any way to find all the files that aren't of a certain extension?

For example, I can do "*.mp3" to find all mp3s. What would I type to find everything that isn't an mp3.

 

[Lotheron]

SELECT * FROM folders WHERE filename NOT LIKE "%.mp3"

oh wait...

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Yes. Say you want all of your Collective Soul WMA files but not MP3, you'd type:
collective soul NOT mp3


Edit - this is assuming you have the latest updates from MS including the desktop search feature. I don't think it's possible with standard search.

 

[So]

*.*

 

[txrandom]

Godless, that doesn't work for me.

Thanks So. Not exactly what I was looking for, but just sorting those results make it easy.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Download the latest XP update including Desktop Search, it's a far superior search to the standard XP one.

 

[Balr0g]

Yeah, *.* and sort by type

 

[geno]

*.aaa
*.aab
*.aac
*.aad
*.aae
*.aaf

...so on and so forth 😛 be sure to skip *.mp3