excluding files in compressed folder when searching

[Jim]

Hello all,

There has got to be a simple answer to this, but i'm not
finding it.

I'm trying to copy all files of a particular type in a
folder's subfolder to a single location in another
folder. The original folder contains zip
files/compressed folders. When I search for my files,
the search window is including the files that are in .zip
files/compressed folders.

How can i exlude the files that are included in
these .zip/compressed files?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

WinXP Pro.

thanks,
jim

p.s
I tried copy from dos but couldn't find the syntax for
including subfolders