How to show certain files

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I want to open a lister and display only certain files.
Since my control panel doesn't work any longer I thought I would display the system32 folder and have it only display *.cpl files. Is this possible?

If so how?

thanks
BP

2

Yes, if you put Opus into customize mode you can drag the Show Files field to a toolbar, and once you exit customize mode you can type in whatever file filter criteria you want. For example to only show *.cpl files you would simply type in *.cpl and press ENTER. To reset it, just clear the show fields field box.

Alternately you can create toolbar buttons to only show certain file types when they are pressed. Below are the commands in one I have for toggling the showing of BMP files.

Set HIDEFILTERFILENAME
Set HIDEFILTERFOLDERS
Set SHOWFILTERFOLDERS
Set SHOWFILTERATTR
Set HIDEFILTERATTR
Set SHOWFILTERFILENAME *.bmp

(Don't let the first 5 lines confuse you, they just make sure any other filters are reset before applying the *.BMP filter.

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[quote="JohnZeman"]Yes, if you put Opus into customize mode you can drag the Show Files field to a toolbar, and once you exit customize mode you can type in whatever file filter criteria you want. For example to only show *.cpl files you would simply type in *.cpl and press ENTER. To reset it, just clear the show fields field box.

Alternately you can create toolbar buttons to only show certain file types when they are pressed. Below are the commands in one I have for toggling the showing of BMP files.

Set HIDEFILTERFILENAME
Set HIDEFILTERFOLDERS
Set SHOWFILTERFOLDERS
Set SHOWFILTERATTR
Set HIDEFILTERATTR
Set SHOWFILTERFILENAME *.bmp

(Don't let the first 5 lines confuse you, they just make sure any other filters are reset before applying the *.BMP filter.[/quote]

Man I tried that SHOWFILERNAMES and all it did was hide them. Guess I needed the first 5 lines because it show them now. Just one thing...How do you hide the folders? They still show.

Thanks

4

FAQ: Hide all folders from the current window

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FAQ: Hide all folders from the current window[/quote]

THANKS YOU!
It's the little details that were getting me. Like I didn't know you had to put = and quotes

Works great now

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The = and "" are optional in most cases, but it's a good idea to use them anyway since sometimes the command will go wrong without them.