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Thanks to everyone who took the time to help, I do the same on forums where I’m the expert & this has reminded me why I do it. The code has done its job & saved me a bag load of time & stress. Cheers, Dibbler :EDIT: And thanks for the code explanations & the links to the resources, r...

The first version is currently running on the drive, I tested it in a local folder first & then once proven I set it up on the full dataset. The searched folder name should never repeat in the downstream folders, so I'm happy to take the risk. It’s not long finished (about 1 hour 40 to run throu...

The corrected code fell straight through without creating the txt file and I couldn’t find the fault. The first code worked but created an output file called "Output" with no file extension. I couldn’t convince it to use the value set so I replaced "output" with a file name and i...

Ed Dyreen... Thanks for posting, I tried putting the switches just about everywhere to get the /s to work, which it didn’t! That’s just where they ended up, but I take your point & will make sure they sit with the command in future, thanks for the heads up. Acy Forsythe... The code runs without...

I have a 1/4 million folders to search through for all the instances of a folder called "Record drawings n Documents", once found I need to DIR the folder & content using /s /b to give a bare format & recurs through all the files folders downstream & then use >> to add the find...