Vista - Scan Which Folders do not Include Cetrain Files

i have one folder full of a bunch of sub-folders. each of the sub-folders should have a file with the extension ".cue" within them, but some may not. what i want to do is somehow scan all these sub-folders without the ".cue" file and deal with those folders.

Hi, dannymichel.

As an old-timer, comfy at the C:> prompt, I probably would open a Command
Prompt window and use the good old Dir command from MS-DOS days:
Dir c:\<foldername>\*.cue /s

Dir produces a Directory, as you probably know or might guess, of
<foldername>. The * is a wildcard substituting for ANY filename, so *.cue
should list every file with the .cue extension. The /s switch means to
include files in all subfolders. This is the opposite of what you want, but
any folder whose name does NOT appear in the listing is a target for you to
"deal with".

In the Command Prompt window, type any command followed by /? to see a
mini-Help file listing all the switches and parameters available with that
command. Dir /? will explain the /s switch and other options.

In the GUI, I'd probably use Vista's Search command to do the same thing:
Press the Start key and type "C:\foldername\*.cue" and see which folders do
NOT show up. But I haven't really used this one much so I'm not sure how
well it works.

RC
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"dannymichel" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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thank you for replying.i really appreciate it.
the thing is i already know how to do a search for any file with a specific extension in a folder and any sub-folder in it.

i really really need a list of folders like
List of folders without .cue in them:
D:\folder\folder

knowing what folders they are in is not going to do anything for me.
i need a list, whether it be in a text file or just in explorer.

dannymichel <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote:
Download AgentRansack.

Run a search for *.cue and start the search in the top folder

In the first column will be every file.

In the second will be all their locations.


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thanks for replying.
i dont want to know where the cues are. i want to know where the cues arent.
i want whatever app it is to exclude the folders with the cues and just show me the ones without