Windows 8 Finding Non-MP4 Video Files in a Folder Using Search Techniques

Saltgrass

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• Sep 17, 2013

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If you right click the window, there may be Sort By or Group By options and combinations that would get you what you want.

If not, you can always search for something like *.wmv

 

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badrobot

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• Sep 17, 2013

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You can view your video list according to format:

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MikeHawthorne

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• Sep 23, 2013

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I'll also recommend Agent Ransack again.
Just download and install it and it will add the search command to the right click drop down and give you options to search using various search criteria.

 

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davidhk129

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paradive said:

i've been spending the last month saving all my videos (a few hundred) as mp4s (they're all wmvs).

can i type something in the folder's search box so it'll display any that AREN'T mp4 to see what i missed when i'm done?

Click to expand...

This is what I do on my Videos folder...........
1. Open Videos folder > click View > click Details.

2. View > Sort By > Choose Columns. This is my columns setup......( see screenshot)

3. View > Group By > select Extensions.
This is how the setup finally looks like.

 

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