Try going to a command prompt and do the following: type "cd \mp3" or whatever the name of your folder is. Type "dir/p *.ar?" Another technique might be to go to your Find submenu and find files and folders. Pat Hornell ----- Original Message ----- From: "dennis" <dennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 6:12 AM Subject: finding files by filetype > i have a folder with about 400 mp3's in it. there are sprinkled a fiew with the file extention .ra or .rar. how can i do a search to find only these types. > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx