List all the files on a drive

[thenewguy]

This is a windows form application (CLR).

I've looked at a few different methods but nothing does what I want.

I'm wanting to create a program that will list every file (and directory) on a drive. Then I can enter keywords that will remove all files listed that don't have a matching word. Lastly when the list is short enough you can enter keywords to search for with-in the files (assuming they are RTF or TXT files).

please point me in the right direction of where to start. FindFirstFile/FindNextFiles, are not doing what I want, but perhaps I'm using them incorrectly.

[webJose]

FindFirstFile() and related functions are the way to go. You just need to use them recursively as you find new subfolders.

[modoran]

If you have problems just don't rely on FindFirstFile filtering, just get them all and apply your own regular expression to filter.