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Old 03-24-2015, 01:47 PM   #1
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Auto search for missing books?
When I show format:false, is it possible to direct the program to search for those missing files on my drive?
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When I show format:false, is it possible to direct the program to search for those missing files on my drive?
No
But you could make a CSV catalog out of the results (Select All): right click Convert: Generate Catalog

A CSV file is a text file and can be (forced) opened with Notepad type editor.
Copy and paste into the Windows search
If it is a series (with multiple gaps), you might be better off searching on the Author (if the series is single authored) and cherry-pick the results
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When I show format:false, is it possible to direct the program to search for those missing files on my drive?
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But you could make a CSV catalog out of the results (Select All): right click Convert: Generate Catalog

A CSV file is a text file and can be (forced) opened with Notepad type editor.
Copy and paste into the Windows search


AFAIK Windows Search will not search inside EPUB and Kindle formats, and PDFs really need an 'advanced' IFilter - IMO the one from Tracker is best (least troublesome).

OSX Spotlight will search in just about everything

@taratears - handy little no install Windows program for viewing csv files ==>> CSVFileView - CSV file viewer and converter

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