How To Filter Folders In Windows 10

Setting file filters with the command bar

Many find the fastest way to set filename filters is with the control bar equally shown beneath.

Press F8 to evidence the command bar (or fix the cursor in the command bar if it is already displayed), type the show followed by the filter(s) and hitting the Enter fundamental.

Showing multiple file patterns

For instance typing

show *.jpg ; *.bmp ; *.tif

will display all files with jpg, bmp or tif extensions. Note that multiple file patterns can be entered separated with a semi-colon, comma, or the bar character ( ; , | ).

show My Trip*.jpeg

will show all files begining with My Trip and ending with .jpeg .

Excluding file patterns

You can also exclude files matching patterns, just precede the blueprint with a minus sign.

show -*.bak ; -*.tmp ; -~*

will hibernate all backup and temp files and files kickoff with the tilde (~) graphic symbol.

Special commands:

show all Shows everything, i.eastward. restores default display style

show folders on Displays any bachelor folders

prove folders off Hides all folders

Hint : Hitting F8 twice will set up the focus to the command bar and place the cursor at the stop of the current entry.

Setting selectable, reusable filters

To create a new filter

Click pointer to the right of the filter button:
Select the first menu item, Add together Filter
Type in the new filter such as *.bmp or D*.bmp | H*.bmp (remember you can utilize more than 1 file spec just separate them with the bar character (|). You tin also enter file specs to exclude certain types of files but precede the file spec with a minus sign (-), e.g. -*.jpeg | -*.jpg would prevent any jpeg files from being displayed.
or
Cull a filter from the listing at the chief menu item Explore > Edit Filename Filters. .. where you lot can add, delete, re-conform and edit filename filters.·

To activate the last filter used

Click the Filter button
or select Explore > Filename Filter On from the primary menu.
(Annotation that both the menu item and the toolbar button will change when a filter is active.)
Click the button or select the menu particular again to turn the filter off.·

To select a different filter

Click arrow to the right of the filter push button:
Select a filter from the popular down list.
or
Cull a filter from the list at the master menu item Explore > Select Filename Filter >

When Filename Filters are Active·

When a filename filter is agile the start line in the Explore View will testify you what filter is agile.

Hints:

You can Hide all the Folders in the Contents Window by:

Clicking the Hide Folders Button button: (note that hiding folders is a toggled state, i.e. issuing the control doesn't just hide the current folders information technology will continue all folders subconscious, even equally you move around the file organization, until the control is issued once again)

Restricts files displayed in the Explore Views

to files you lot explicitly tell FileBoss to display or excludes files y'all don't want to meet

Filters can take multiple file types and filename patterns to

specify which files should be included and/or excluded. For example you could create a filter that just displayed the graphic files your are interested in (east.g. *.bmp | *.jpeg | *.gif volition simply brandish files with the extensions bmp, jpeg or gif) or exclude files y'all don't care almost (eastward.g. -~* | -*.tmp | -*.bak will not display whatsoever files beginning with a tilde or having a tmp or bak extension, the minus sign before the filespec tells FileBoss to exclude matching files) or even both together (eastward.g. *.bmp | *.jpeg | *.gif |-~* will only display bmp, jpeg and gif files, but only if the filename does not start with the tilde character).

Filters are Persistent

they are stored by FileBoss from one session to some other

Filters are never more that 2 clicks away

making them easy to turn on and off as needed

Filters are editable

making them easy to adjust and reuse

Avant-garde Filters are also available

Advanced filters permit yous to view or exclude files based on names, sizes, attributes, file times, proper noun and path lengths and even whether or not the files contain text that you specify.