Find a Directory/Folder with CMD without knowing full path
So at the root of the drive:
dir <Folder Name> /AD /s
- switch to the root-search-folder (e.g. C:)
- type
dir /S /P <file or foldername>
(/P pauses after each screenful of information)
If you'd like a list of all occurances of a specific filename, you can simply redirect the output to a file:
dir /S <filename> > c:\results.txt
You can also narrow down your results by using the /A switch of the dir command.
If you'd like to only list directories, you can append /AD
to your command:
dir /S /P <filename> /AD
Other possibilities are:
/A Displays files with specified attributes.
attributes D Directories R Read-only files
H Hidden files A Files ready for archiving
S System files I Not content indexed files
L Reparse Points - Prefix meaning not
If you'd like to know more about the dir command, just type dir /?
into your cmd.