How to Save & Recall Find Locations?

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Hi,

There are a number of different recurring groups of folders and subfolders (across several drives) that I repeatedly need to search within, for ever changing criteria. There are rare occasions when I can take advantage of Find remembering the state of the previous Find (including the Folders list, the search criteria, etc.) but is there any way to save and recall the Folders listed the "Find In:" list? I would love to be able to save the group of folders that are currently in the "Find In:" and have a list of those saved groups of Folders to select from when I want to initiate a Find. Expanding this to being able to save and recall the entire state of the Find window might be an even better. I tried to find a way to do this with File Collections but it didn't seem to do what I was trying accomplish though I suspect that there's something in Opus to do this that I've overlooked. I searched in the forums here as best I could and didn't see an answer. And suggestions or pointers in the right direction are most welcome. Thanks!

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You can use a command like this to open a Find window with specific folders in the Find In list:

Find IN "C:\Program Files" "C:\Users"

At the moment there isn't a proper preset system for the Find window/panel, only for the filters that it uses. However, the Find setup is stored in a single configuration file which is re-read each time the Find window/panel opens, so you can create commands which copy over that configuration file in order to get presets.

If you type /dopuslocaldata\State Data into the location field it will take you to where the find.osd config file is.

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That's great for what I need to do - exactly what I needed. I setup several user command buttons with the various folder groups that I regularly search in and I'm all set. IMO, the customizable user command approach is much more elegant and flexible than a preset system would be, at least in this case. I've wanted to get into the command level in DO for a while anyway, and this got me off my lazy duff!

Many thanks, leo!