Windows Search

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Hi all

Is there any way I can programatically pop up the windows search screen with the directories to be searched auto-populated?

What I am trying to achieve is to list files in a number of different directories in one window/form (with icons for the associated applications). Listview does not have the associated icons.

Thanks
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mmm....found a way but not ideal.

DECLARE INTEGER ShellExecute IN shell32.dll ; 
 INTEGER hndWin, ;
 STRING cAction, ;
 STRING cFileName, ;
 STRING cParams, ;
 STRING cDir, ;
 INTEGER nShowWin

wndhnd = ShellExecute(0, "find", "d:\z", NULL, NULL, 0)

declare SetForegroundWindow in Win32api integer
SetForegroundWindow (wndhnd)

oWsh = CREATEOBJECT("wscript.Shell")
oWsh.SendKeys("*.jpg")
oWsh.SendKeys("{tab}{tab}")
oWsh.sendkeys("c:\;D:\z")
oWsh.SendKeys("{tab}")

would be nice if I could just do....

searchpath="C:\;D:\z;C:\testdir"
wndhnd = ShellExecute(0, "find", searchpath, NULL, NULL, 0)

Then I could just search specific directories without having to use sendkeys.
However, this syntax does not work.

Does anyone know an alternative to my workaround.