# Windows Search Function - How Do I Capture the Results?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-search-function-how-do-i-capture-the-results/189450>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 18, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-search-function-how-do-i-capture-the-results/189450 "2003-07-18T19:09:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-search-function-how-do-i-capture-the-results/189450/1 "2003-07-18T19:09:30Z")

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The Windows “Search … for Files or Folders” function produces a list of files that satisfy some user-entered criteria.

How can I capture the list of file names that appears on the right side of the Search window as text? I don’t want the contents of the found files. I just want to get that list of file names into a text file.