Enumerating a domain or network to get collection of excel files

[Suj_78]

Hi Guys, I am wondering if it is possible to search all the computers within a domain or a network to discover all the excel files and then store them in a common location? I have seen some examples of searching computers in a domain but didn't find any example for file search in a domain. Can somebody help please? Thanks

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[Wendelius]

Why on earth would you do that instead of letting the user decide what should be commonly accessed and what shouldn't be?

[Mycroft Holmes]

I can see an admin requirement for this but I don't think you are going to achieve it. You need at least read only access to EVERY folder on the network. I imagine if you own the network you could do this, IBM has a tool to check the files on a PC but they turn up with a USB key to do it and I'm pretty bloody sure they would rather do it centrally :-D. There are a number of enterprise tools out there which require you to register a sheet and it stores it in a database and uses version control and change management on the REGISTERED files only. Serious enterprise money though.

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

[Scott Dorman]

It sounds like what you are looking for is an entrprise search server. It won't let you change where the files are stored, but it will index the locations of the files on your network and allow people to search for files.

Scott Dorman

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