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December 30, 2004

Q. How can I quickly search for shared folders that are published in Active Directory (AD)?

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A. To quickly search AD for published shared folders, you can run the command

rundll32 dsquery,OpenQueryWindow

Executing this command opens the Find dialog box, which provides in the drop-down lists the option to find Shared Folders and where to search. The Figure shows search results displayed in the Find dialog box. In pre-Windows XP versions, you could access this dialog box fairly easily via Explorer or My Network places. However, accessing the Find dialog box is a little more complicated in XP, so you might want to create a shortcut to the previous Rundll32 command.

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Reader Comments
Typically a MS implementation.
It there, it has great capabilities, and then you can't find it.........
Strange that this was lost in XP....

jdehaeze October 02, 2007 (Article Rating: )


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