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I'm a newbie and have searched for the answer for this question but can't seem to find it. Any help you could give me would be great. Thanks.

How to search all drives for a specific file when you don't know where it is. Also would like to show progress animation to let user know the PC is searching for the file. :idiot:

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Here we are, about the animation. DIY. You have to modify the udf, or changing the main program you'll just know what drive you are looking at.

$sFileName = 'Office2003.rar';Set the filename here...

$aList = DriveGetDrive ( "FIXED" )
If Not @error Then
   For $c = 1 to $aList[0]
      $aRet = _FileSearch($aList[$c] & '\' & $sFileName,7)
      If $aRet[0] > 0 Then
         MsgBox(0,'',$aRet[1])
         ExitLoop
      EndIf
   Next
EndIf

Func _FileSearch($sIstr, $iSF)
  ; $iSF can sum up.
  ; $iSF = 4 means don't return also folders, only files.
  ; $iSF = 2 means stop at the first found.
  ; $iSF = 1 means looking in subfolders.
   
  ; An array is returned with the full path of all files found. The pos [0] keeps the number of elements.
   Local $sIstr, $iSF, $sCriteria, $sBuffer, $iH, $iH2, $sCS, $sCF, $sCF2, $sCP, $sFP, $sOutPut = '', $aNull[1]
   $sCP = StringLeft($sIstr, StringInStr($sIstr, '\', 0, -1))
   If $sCP = '' Then $sCP = @WorkingDir & '\'
   $sCriteria = StringTrimLeft($sIstr, StringInStr($sIstr, '\', 0, -1))
   If $sCriteria = '' Then $sCriteria = '*.*'
   
  ;To begin we seek in the starting path.
   $sCS = FileFindFirstFile($sCP & $sCriteria)
   While $sCS <> - 1
      $sCF = FileFindNextFile($sCS)
      If @error Then
         FileClose($sCS)
         ExitLoop
      EndIf
      If $sCF = '.' Or $sCF = '..' Then ContinueLoop
      If Not (BitAND($iSF, 4) And StringInStr(FileGetAttrib($sCP & $sCF), 'd')) Then
         $sOutPut = $sOutPut & $sCP & $sCF & @LF
         If BitAND($iSF, 2) Then ExitLoop
      EndIf
   Wend
   
  ;And after, if needed, in the rest of the folders.
   If (BitAND($iSF, 2) Or BitAND($iSF, 3) And $sOutPut = '') Or (BitAND($iSF, 1) And Not BitAND($iSF, 2)) Then
      $sBuffer = @CR & $sCP & '*' & @LF;The buffer is set for keeping the given path plus a *.
      Do
         $sCS = StringTrimLeft(StringLeft($sBuffer, StringInStr($sBuffer, @LF, 0, 1) - 1), 1);current search.
         $sCP = StringLeft($sCS, StringInStr($sCS, '\', 0, -1));Current search path.
         $iH = FileFindFirstFile($sCS)
         While $iH <> - 1
            $sCF = FileFindNextFile($iH)
            If @error Then
               FileClose($iH)
               ExitLoop
            EndIf
            If $sCF = '.' Or $sCF = '..' Then ContinueLoop
            If StringInStr(FileGetAttrib($sCP & $sCF), 'd') Then
               $sBuffer = @CR & $sCP & $sCF & '\*' & @LF & $sBuffer;Every folder found is added in the begin of buffer
               $sFP = $sCP & $sCF & '\';                            for future search
               $iH2 = FileFindFirstFile($sFP & $sCriteria);         and checked with the criteria.
               While $iH2 <> - 1
                  $sCF2 = FileFindNextFile($iH2)
                  If @error Then
                     FileClose($iH2)
                     ExitLoop
                  EndIf
                  If $sCF2 = '.' Or $sCF2 = '..' Then ContinueLoop
                  If Not (BitAND($iSF, 4) And StringInStr(FileGetAttrib($sFP & $sCF2), 'd')) Then
                     $sOutPut = $sOutPut & $sFP & $sCF2 & @LF;Found items are put in the Output.
                     If BitAND($iSF, 2) Then
                        FileClose($iH2)
                        FileClose($iH)
                        ExitLoop 3
                     EndIf
                  EndIf
               Wend
            EndIf
         Wend
         $sBuffer = StringReplace($sBuffer, @CR & $sCS & @LF, '')
      Until $sBuffer = ''
   EndIf
   
   If $sOutPut = '' Then
      $aNull[0] = 0
      Return $aNull
   Else
      Return StringSplit(StringTrimRight($sOutPut, 1), @LF)
   EndIf
EndFunc  ;==>_FileSearch
Edited by ezzetabi
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