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Search-string limit?
Win8.1 pro
I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. How elaborate can these be, because I'm having trouble with.... cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR cameramodel:MAVICA OR cameramodelHP Scanjet djf300) OR cameramodel:FinePixS2Pro OR cameramodel:EXFH20 OR cameramodel:E4300 OR cameramodel:E-3 OR cameramodel:E-5 OR cameramodel:K810i OR cameramodelCoolPix S8100) OR cameramodel:A777 OR cameramodel:5130c-2 OR cameramodel2Xs OR cameramodeliPhone 5c) OR cameramodel:E-P1 OR cameramodelC3320 Peter |
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Search-string limit?
Peter Jason wrote:
Win8.1 pro I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. How elaborate can these be, because I'm having trouble with.... cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR cameramodel:MAVICA OR cameramodelHP Scanjet djf300) OR cameramodel:FinePixS2Pro OR cameramodel:EXFH20 OR cameramodel:E4300 OR cameramodel:E-3 OR cameramodel:E-5 OR cameramodel:K810i OR cameramodelCoolPix S8100) OR cameramodel:A777 OR cameramodel:5130c-2 OR cameramodel2Xs OR cameramodeliPhone 5c) OR cameramodel:E-P1 OR cameramodelC3320 Peter https://web.archive.org/web/20110101.../advquery.mspx I don't have any materials here to test these compound terms, so just try them out and see what happens. I removed a few words, to try to make the search statement a bit shorter. cameramodelSP590UZ OR D2X OR MAVICA OR djf300 OR FinePixS2Pro OR EXFH20 OR E4300 OR E-3 OR E-5 OR K810i OR S8100 OR A777 OR 5130c-2 OR D2Xs OR 5c OR E-P1 OR DC3320) cameramodelSP590UZ, D2X, MAVICA, djf300, FinePixS2Pro, EXFH20, E4300, E-3, E-5, K810i, S8100, A777, 5130c-2, D2Xs, 5c, E-P1, DC3320) Another possibility, is to generate a list of all cameras, and use a negated search. In other words, if there are only two cameras not in your list, look from them not to be present, to make your selection. This is not nearly as good a way to search, as your suggestion above, and I'd be trying this only if I was desperate. Because now I need to generate a list of all cameras in the population. AND NOT cameramodelLand or disposable) Just a guess, Paul |
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Wolf K wrote:
Peter Jason wrote: I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR Searches are fussy. "cameramodel" won't work I think the O/P is referring to Windows Search, not internet search engines ... https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Personally, I got fed-up of MS changing the search syntax too frequently, so now I use FileLocatorPro. |
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On Sat, 04 Jul 2015 22:06:35 -0400, Paul wrote:
Peter Jason wrote: Win8.1 pro I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. How elaborate can these be, because I'm having trouble with.... cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR cameramodel:MAVICA OR cameramodelHP Scanjet djf300) OR cameramodel:FinePixS2Pro OR cameramodel:EXFH20 OR cameramodel:E4300 OR cameramodel:E-3 OR cameramodel:E-5 OR cameramodel:K810i OR cameramodelCoolPix S8100) OR cameramodel:A777 OR cameramodel:5130c-2 OR cameramodel2Xs OR cameramodeliPhone 5c) OR cameramodel:E-P1 OR cameramodelC3320 Peter https://web.archive.org/web/20110101.../advquery.mspx I don't have any materials here to test these compound terms, so just try them out and see what happens. I removed a few words, to try to make the search statement a bit shorter. cameramodelSP590UZ OR D2X OR MAVICA OR djf300 OR FinePixS2Pro OR EXFH20 OR E4300 OR E-3 OR E-5 OR K810i OR S8100 OR A777 OR 5130c-2 OR D2Xs OR 5c OR E-P1 OR DC3320) cameramodelSP590UZ, D2X, MAVICA, djf300, FinePixS2Pro, EXFH20, E4300, E-3, E-5, K810i, S8100, A777, 5130c-2, D2Xs, 5c, E-P1, DC3320) Another possibility, is to generate a list of all cameras, and use a negated search. In other words, if there are only two cameras not in your list, look from them not to be present, to make your selection. This is not nearly as good a way to search, as your suggestion above, and I'd be trying this only if I was desperate. Because now I need to generate a list of all cameras in the population. AND NOT cameramodelLand or disposable) Just a guess, Paul Thanks, I found that putting each in quotes seems to work. I shortened the search, so....... cameramodel"SP590UZ" OR "D2X" OR "MAVICA" OR "djf300" OR "FinePixS2Pro" OR "EXFH20" OR "E4300" OR "E-3" OR "E-5)". I got 800 hits from about 200000 images. (most people use Canon cameras.) |
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On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:00:26 -0400, Wolf K
wrote: On 2015-07-05 8:35 AM, Andy Burns wrote: Wolf K wrote: Peter Jason wrote: I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR Searches are fussy. "cameramodel" won't work I think the O/P is referring to Windows Search, not internet search engines ... Oops, yes, you're right. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Personally, I got fed-up of MS changing the search syntax too frequently, so now I use FileLocatorPro. FWIW, I haven't had to search for a file in a long time. That's because I have carefully constructed folder-trees, and always put stuff where it belongs. I also name (and rename downloaded) files so that they will alphabetise in groups, easy to spot in Details View. And I avoid use of "libraries" as much as possible. Have a good day, Is it possible to select non-contiguous folders to be searched? Say one folder on HDD1 & a folder on HDD2? |
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Peter Jason wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:00:26 -0400, Wolf K wrote: On 2015-07-05 8:35 AM, Andy Burns wrote: Wolf K wrote: Peter Jason wrote: I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR Searches are fussy. "cameramodel" won't work I think the O/P is referring to Windows Search, not internet search engines ... Oops, yes, you're right. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Personally, I got fed-up of MS changing the search syntax too frequently, so now I use FileLocatorPro. FWIW, I haven't had to search for a file in a long time. That's because I have carefully constructed folder-trees, and always put stuff where it belongs. I also name (and rename downloaded) files so that they will alphabetise in groups, easy to spot in Details View. And I avoid use of "libraries" as much as possible. Have a good day, Is it possible to select non-contiguous folders to be searched? Say one folder on HDD1 & a folder on HDD2? Create a Library ? :-) A Library is an arbitrary grouping of directories. It allows you to logically combine things. You can create a brand new Library, using some tutorial on the web. And keep saying to yourself "I am a power user... I can do this..." while reading this page :-) http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html Paul |
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On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 20:04:10 -0400, Paul wrote:
Peter Jason wrote: On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:00:26 -0400, Wolf K wrote: On 2015-07-05 8:35 AM, Andy Burns wrote: Wolf K wrote: Peter Jason wrote: I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR Searches are fussy. "cameramodel" won't work I think the O/P is referring to Windows Search, not internet search engines ... Oops, yes, you're right. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Personally, I got fed-up of MS changing the search syntax too frequently, so now I use FileLocatorPro. FWIW, I haven't had to search for a file in a long time. That's because I have carefully constructed folder-trees, and always put stuff where it belongs. I also name (and rename downloaded) files so that they will alphabetise in groups, easy to spot in Details View. And I avoid use of "libraries" as much as possible. Have a good day, Is it possible to select non-contiguous folders to be searched? Say one folder on HDD1 & a folder on HDD2? Create a Library ? :-) A Library is an arbitrary grouping of directories. It allows you to logically combine things. You can create a brand new Library, using some tutorial on the web. And keep saying to yourself "I am a power user... I can do this..." while reading this page :-) http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html Paul Thank you kindly, but this will take deep study, and I'm already psyching myself up for the Windows-10 release at the end of the month. This will take all my resolve. I'll conquer the library thing thereafter. |
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Peter Jason wrote:
On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 20:04:10 -0400, Paul wrote: Peter Jason wrote: On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:00:26 -0400, Wolf K wrote: On 2015-07-05 8:35 AM, Andy Burns wrote: Wolf K wrote: Peter Jason wrote: I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR Searches are fussy. "cameramodel" won't work I think the O/P is referring to Windows Search, not internet search engines ... Oops, yes, you're right. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Personally, I got fed-up of MS changing the search syntax too frequently, so now I use FileLocatorPro. FWIW, I haven't had to search for a file in a long time. That's because I have carefully constructed folder-trees, and always put stuff where it belongs. I also name (and rename downloaded) files so that they will alphabetise in groups, easy to spot in Details View. And I avoid use of "libraries" as much as possible. Have a good day, Is it possible to select non-contiguous folders to be searched? Say one folder on HDD1 & a folder on HDD2? Create a Library ? :-) A Library is an arbitrary grouping of directories. It allows you to logically combine things. You can create a brand new Library, using some tutorial on the web. And keep saying to yourself "I am a power user... I can do this..." while reading this page :-) http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html Paul Thank you kindly, but this will take deep study, and I'm already psyching myself up for the Windows-10 release at the end of the month. This will take all my resolve. I'll conquer the library thing thereafter. Actually, all your photos should be in the Photo library now. Have you checked the setup of it ? Other than that, I'm surprised the Indexing Options control panel, doesn't allow you to scan the entire computer, and find every instance of cameramodel on the machine. Set the File Explorer window to My PC, and search from there ? That ought to cover it, and once an index is built, the search results should come back fast. I notice in Windows 10, the Indexing Options is still the same. I was hoping there'd be some way to make it better. Paul |
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On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 20:04:10 -0400, Paul wrote:
Peter Jason wrote: On Sun, 05 Jul 2015 16:00:26 -0400, Wolf K wrote: On 2015-07-05 8:35 AM, Andy Burns wrote: Wolf K wrote: Peter Jason wrote: I'm doing image searches with Windows Explorer. cameramodel:SP590UZ OR cameramodel2X OR Searches are fussy. "cameramodel" won't work I think the O/P is referring to Windows Search, not internet search engines ... Oops, yes, you're right. https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa965711%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Personally, I got fed-up of MS changing the search syntax too frequently, so now I use FileLocatorPro. FWIW, I haven't had to search for a file in a long time. That's because I have carefully constructed folder-trees, and always put stuff where it belongs. I also name (and rename downloaded) files so that they will alphabetise in groups, easy to spot in Details View. And I avoid use of "libraries" as much as possible. Have a good day, Is it possible to select non-contiguous folders to be searched? Say one folder on HDD1 & a folder on HDD2? Create a Library ? :-) A Library is an arbitrary grouping of directories. It allows you to logically combine things. You can create a brand new Library, using some tutorial on the web. And keep saying to yourself "I am a power user... I can do this..." while reading this page :-) http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html Paul Yes, thanks. I've conquered the complexities of 'libraries' and they seem to be just grouped shortcuts. |
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On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 09:16:00 -0400, Wolf K
wrote: On 2015-07-10 11:18 PM, Peter Jason wrote: [...] Yes, thanks. I've conquered the complexities of 'libraries' and they seem to be just grouped shortcuts. Er, not quite. What put me off them was that there were reports of losing actual files when deleting a library item. It seems that the lowest level of a folder tree within a library is not shortcuts, but the actual filenames. If Libraries were purely grouped shortcuts, then that would not happen. AFAIK, this bug has not been fixed, but since I don't use Libraries, I don't know for sure. Then if I just make shortcuts to desired destinations, could these shortcuts be made the library items? Presumably this would prevent accidental erasure of the files themselves? So be careful. IMO, MS missed an opportunity with Libraries. What I'd like to see is using Search to generate folders full of shortcuts. _That_ would be extremely useful. As it is, "[to] create a library, name it something (perhaps, "Family Photos"), and then tell Windows which far-flung folders your new library should include." I don't have "far-flung folders", they're all nicely grouped in usefully labelled folder trees. Eg, for images I have Camera -- Year -- Month -- SomeEvent/SomeTopic/Etc. Many events repeat year to year. So it would be nice for the Library to generate a folder for SomeEvent, creating both the shortcuts to the folders (as at present) and also the shortcuts to the images inside them. And if I happen to Copy or Move shortcut(s) from one folder to another, Library should automagically Copy or Move the actual file(s) in the actual folder(s). But Delete should work _only_ on the shortcuts, never on the actual files. There is an "Arrange by" feature, but AFAICT, it merely sorts the entries. See? I do sometimes use Documents etc as temporary storage, eg, for any content that I'll discard after reading. |
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