Size criteria for subfolder search?

[terrypin]

How would I display all files (not folders) which have a size greater than 1 GB located in D:\DVD archives and its subfolders please ?

Terry, East Grinstead, UK

[ovg]

D:\DVD file: size:>1Gb

Why not RTFM?

[terrypin]

Thanks but I got no result with:
D:\DVD Archives: size:>1Gb

[NotNull]

Thanks but I got no result with:
D:\DVD Archives: size:>1Gb

That is because it is not what @ovg suggested. Have you tried

D:\DVD files: size:>1Gb

?

Another way (as the foldername contains a space, you need to enclose it in ""

file: "D:\DVD Archives" size:>1Gb

Take a look at the Search Help Page for details and a *lot* more useful ways to find what you are searching for.
Using the Advanced Search can help you in searching too ( Menu:Search > Advanced Search ).

[horst.epp]

Thanks but I got no result with:
D:\DVD Archives: size:>1Gb

You can't use the filter Archives: in this place !
But you can set the active filter filter to Archive:
and then
D:\DVD size:>1Gb

[terrypin]

Turns out that
D:\DVD Archives size:>1Gb
does work after all.

But the hundred or so files (VOBs) had a size shown as 1,048,574 KB. Which is below the
strictly defined size of 1 GB, namely 1,048,576 KB!

[NotNull]

Turns out that
D:\DVD Archives size:>1Gb
does work after all.

Your original query contained an extra ":" and that made a world of difference.

But the hundred or so files (VOBs) had a size shown as 1,048,574 KB. Which is below the
strictly defined size of 1 GB, namely 1,048,576 KB!

Strictly speaking, 1 GB = 1 000 000 KB.
You are referring to GiB or gibibytes

[terrypin]

Your original query contained an extra ":" and that made a world of difference.

No, my original query was:
"How would I display all files (not folders) which have a size greater than 1 GB located in D:\DVD archives and its subfolders please ?"
The first reply suggested D:\DVD file: size:>1Gb, which admittedly confused me by losing part of my specification.

Strictly speaking, 1 GB = 1 000 000 KB.
You are referring to GiB or gibibytes

No I'm not, although I'm well aware of the ambiguity. But I'm obviously using the term GB in the current context of a discussion about Everything. It treats the abbreviations '1Gb' or '1GB' as meaning 1,048,576 KB. Which is why I got the unexpected zero hits. Another search tool I use, AgentRansack gave the same result using '>1 GB' as the filter. I'm guessing most software does, even though it's not intuitive.

[therube]

Appears that Everything is treating "GB" as "GiB", so 1073741824 bytes.
So in Everything, > 1gb means > 1073741824 bytes.
Likewise, 1073741824 does not qualify (does not match the >), it has to be 1073741825 bytes, minimum.

chsize32.zip will very quickly (instantly) create randomly sized files.

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chsize32.exe  GB1  1073741824
chsize32.exe  GB2  1073741825

[NotNull]

Quick tip: You can also use fsutil.exe for that. It is included with recent Windows versions (don't know about XP):

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fsutil.exe file createnew dummy.deleteme 123456

[terrypin]

I tried both neat tools, thanks.

fsutil works fine from Win 10's Run box. Interestingly Tree Size displayed the result of
fsutil.exe file createnew 1GB.deleteme 1073741825
as '1GB.deleteme 1.0 GB '.

EDIT a few mins later: And the same for 1073741824

[therube]

(Sure, fsutil works on XP.)