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**98 Guy** · December 22nd 12, 09:55 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion

wrote:

Is there a better file search tool than the one that comes with
Win98?

The file-find ability that Windows 9x/ME has is far superior to any that
came with any windows-NT based version (2k, XP, Vista, 7, etc).

I want one that will search by the file extension.
For example, I want to find a file containing the word "beatles"
and want only the .MP3 files.

In the built in "finder", when I go to "Advanced",

You will not accomplish what you want by going to the Advanced tab.

The way to perform your search is to enter this into the "Named" field
under the "Name & Location" tab:

*beatles*.mp3

That will find any file that ends in .mp3 that has "beatles" anywhere in
the file-prefix.

If you believe that the text-fragment "beatles" actually appears
somewhere in an mp3 file, then to search for any such file you put this
into the "Named" field:

*.mp3

And you put this into the "Containing text" field:

beatles

I'm not sure if mp3 files contain text (such as artist) in such a way
that it would be visible as plain text, but there's no harm in trying to
look and see if that search gives you what you want.