However, I have a third alternative,
one that works well and doesn??™t compromise security.
At one time, Microsoft did do a reasonable job of helping you find the data files that you need. The only
problem is that they never updated the utilities that performed these tasks with a graphical interface, so
you must use them at the command line. For example, judicious use of the Dir command will help you
locate any file that you can name or identify by its attributes. For example, if you can??™t find a file based
on the name because you don??™t remember it, don??™t worry; the Dir command can help you locate it
based on the date you created it or on the file size and I guarantee that it works far better than Windows
Explorer.
Of course, sometimes you don??™t know anything about a file except that it contains a certain reference.
That??™s when I use the FindStr utility. You can search any file with it, not just data files, and locate the
strings you want. I??™ve even used this utility to find executables on my hard drive based on a prompt I
remembered. In short, you already have the tools you need to find anything on your hard drive.
LOCATING INFORMATION IN FILES WITH THE FIND AND FINDSTR UTILITIES 405
/N Displays the line number of each occurrence of the specified string within the file.
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