select files by month with win7 explorer

[anon125]

how do i select only those pictures taken in say any december.
yes i am making a calendar.
thanks all

 

[TrainableMan]

I don't know of any way. It is possible to limit it to a date range such as 12/01/2013 thru 12/31/2013 but not to "any December"

 

[anon125]

Thanks

 

[anon125]

can i restrict it to just images - not all files?
perhaps date taken?
how would i do that?
thanks

 

[TrainableMan]

In the search box you can use something like:
*.jpg
or:
*.png
or:
*.gif
or the generic:
kind:pictures

and then click the DateModified parameter

 

[anon125]

thanks . sometimes the datemodified option is there and sometimes it is date taken - in that little dropdown box in the search area.
so would i type kind:pictures datetaken 12/01/2013 thru 12/31/2013 ?

 

[TrainableMan]

kind:pictures datetaken:12/01/2013-12/31/2013

 

[anon125]

thanks - looks good.
is there a list of all these options somewhere?

 

[TrainableMan]

Advanced tips for searching in W7

 

[anon125]

it found nothing. although as you can see there are files in a subfolder.
thanks

 

[TrainableMan]

In that picture the column headings & path being displayed are covered by the search window on top. Could I see a separate screenshot?

 

[anon125]

does this help?
thanks

 

[TrainableMan]

On that screen the field you see is "Date", which is not what you searched for. So if you wanted the column you can currently see use DATE:
kind:pictures date:12/01/2013-12/31/2013

There are many fields associated with pictures, you can add the others to your display: Right-click in the column headings and add columns "DateModified" & "DateTaken". When you search you will get results based on the specific column you enter, no matter what columns are displayed.

 

[anon125]

the date and the date taken should be the same for my pics?
thanks

 

[anon125]

i changed the other screen to show date taken. they were the same dates. so the date search did not find what was there!

 

[TrainableMan]

I made a mistake, use .. instead of -
kind:pictures date:12/01/2013..12/31/2013

 

[anon125]

success! thanks ( as a canadian i swapped the month and days)