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Re: find .exe's

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From: JohnC
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:17
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Have you tried something along these lines?

WinExec("cmd /c \"dir *.exe /s > test.txt\"", SW_HIDE);

John

"mataus" <mataus@gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi all,
>
> I need code to find all .exe file on a disk.  I use FindFirstFile / 
> FindNextFile and it works but it seems slow.  When i run code its time is 
> long (1 min 30 secs for ~2500 files on T60 thinkpad ).  However, if i use 
> command line cmd->dir *.exe /s - time is fast (10 secs for ~2500 on T60). 
> Can anyone help me make this fast?
> 
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