Search Tab

The ribbon tab Search offers possibilities to search/filter your scanned directory tree.

Search Tab

Configure

Opens the File Search dialog to configure search filters, which can be applied to scanned directory trees.

Deactivate Filter

Deactivates all currently activated search filters.

Custom searches

Press the button to open the File Search dialog. Use the drop down to get a list of the stored custom searches. Choosing an entry in this list will instantly activate the stored search criteria.

By default SpaceObServer offers the following custom searches:

Temporary Files

By default these are all the files whose name matches on of the following pattern: ‘.—’, ‘.$$$’, ‘.??~’, ‘.~’, ‘.OLD’, ‘.TMP’, ‘\$NTUNINSTALL*$\’, ‘\TEMP\*’, ‘~.’, ‘~’, ‘CHKDSK.CHK’, ‘FILE*.CHK’ are ignored. System files and files which are modified within the last 24 hours will not be recognized.

Biggest Files

By default these are all the files bigger than 20 MB.

Oldest Files

By default these are all the files not modified in the last year.

Files With Long Path

By default these are all the files with a full path longer than 255 characters.

Note

You can customize and save your personal custom searches via the File Search dialog. These searches will be listed when using the drop down “Saved searches” on the “Overview” tab.