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Searching Computer by File Type

  • 25-02-2010 9:29am
    #1
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hello. I spent ages making a poster in Fireworks, and I know I saved it a few times, but I can't remember what I saved it as. I know it was a PNG file. Now all I can find is the jpeg version of it which I can't edit.

    Is there anyway to search my entire computer for every .png file that's on it so I could see if any ring a bell?

    Cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,231 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    *.png in the search box should do it.


  • #3
    mordeith
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,278 ✭✭✭mordeith


    If you haven't done much other work in Fireworks then it should be listed under File -- Open Recent or something like that. I don't have Fireworks but a lot of applications have similar options


  • #4
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,285 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Create a new document in Fireworks and save that, see where it will put it. If you save this one as a .png, your lost one may show in the save dialog.
    Otherwise, open a command prompt (Start-Run-cmd.exe) then
    cd \
    dir *.png /s

    this will list all png's on the disk


  • #5
    dory
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,575 Mod ✭✭✭✭dory


    You guys saved my bacon! I spent about 3 days making that poster and thought I was going to have to start again.
    ejmaztec wrote: »
    *.png in the search box should do it.

    This worked an absolute charm. Learn something new every day!
    mordeith wrote: »
    If you haven't done much other work in Fireworks then it should be listed under File -- Open Recent or something like that. I don't have Fireworks but a lot of applications have similar options

    For some reason nothing was showing in my Open Recent. HAppens sometimes that it just seems to reset.
    bonzodog2 wrote: »
    Create a new document in Fireworks and save that, see where it will put it. If you save this one as a .png, your lost one may show in the save dialog.
    Otherwise, open a command prompt (Start-Run-cmd.exe) then
    cd \
    dir *.png /s

    this will list all png's on the disk

    This was far too complicated for me! Couldn't find the Run button at all!

    Thanks people!


  • #6
    BaconZombie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,813 ✭✭✭BaconZombie


    C:\>DIR *.PNG /AH /S
    dory wrote: »
    Hello. I spent ages making a poster in Fireworks, and I know I saved it a few times, but I can't remember what I saved it as. I know it was a PNG file. Now all I can find is the jpeg version of it which I can't edit.

    Is there anyway to search my entire computer for every .png file that's on it so I could see if any ring a bell?

    Cheers.


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