Re: how to assign "FIND" as shortcut key on MS keyboard

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Wesley Vogel wrote:
F3 will open Search for a file or folder.

Windows key + F will also open Search for a file or folder.

CTRL + Windows key + F will open Search for computers.

Both Search for a file or folder and Search for computers are run from
explorer.exe.

Find.exe is a command line command, you have to open a command prompt first
to use find.exe.

Start | Run | Type: cmd | Click OK.
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C:\>find /?
Searches for a text string in a file or files.

FIND [/V] [/C] [/N] [/I] [/OFF[LINE]] "string" [[drive:][path]filename[
...]]

/V Displays all lines NOT containing the specified string.
/C Displays only the count of lines containing the string.
/N Displays line numbers with the displayed lines.
/I Ignores the case of characters when searching for the string.
/OFF[LINE] Do not skip files with offline attribute set.
"string" Specifies the text string to find.
[drive:][path]filename
Specifies a file or files to search.

If a path is not specified, FIND searches the text typed at the prompt
or piped from another command.
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There are ways to use find.exe from the Run command, but I do not see the
point.

Ctrl + F will open Find in Notepad, MS Word, Internet Explorer and other
programs.



Thanks Tom and Wesley,


I have a new "MS wireless comfort keyboard 1.0A Model 1045" .
Absolutely no documentation came with it.

I tried HELP in "Microsoft IntelliType Pro", and find nothing useful to me.

It has 5 FAVORITES keys at the top that I can assign different functions to.

I was able to assign some keys and they worked as wanted, so I am doing the right thing, jusst need a correct path to use when I use the EDIT feature for a key.

I want to make one of the FAVORITE keys to do the same thing Winkey/F does.

I use the EDIT feature of "Microsoft IntelliType Pro", to assign a key, %windir%\system32\find.exe and "system32\find.exe" will give me as quick flash of a black DOS screen. Just a flash and it is gone.

I made a SHORTCUT for "system32\find.exe" on the Desktop to see if it would work there, and it just flashed a black screen also.

Wesley, I don't understand about the string. I am aware of various keyboard shortcuts, but want to make 1 key to what the combination of keys does, it that is possible.

I was hopeing there was a "path" that I could use to get the FIND function assigned to the FAVORITE key, (to do same as Winkey/F) maybe it can't be done??

Thanks again,

bent

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