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This article goes through finding labels using Windows PowerShell. You can also search via the File Explorer but we find that PowerShell is quicker and saves time looking for labels.

 

Paste the Following Command into Windows PowerShell:

cd C:\

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include "*.lab", "*.lbl", "*.qdf", "*.qdw" -File -ErrorAction Ignore | Format-Table Directory, Name -Wrap

 

If PowerShell seems to be loading far longer or far more labels than you intended, you can use the Shortcut Ctrl + C in PowerShell to stop any active Command. 

 

For Step By Step with Images see below:

1. Open Windows PowerShell. You can search it from the start menu.

 

You should see the screen below open up. It may be colored differently in different versions of PowerShell and if it has been customized to display differently.

 

2. Decide the location that you're searching.

If you have no idea where the files are located, you can search the entire C: Drive like we do below with the following command:
cd C:\

Note: You can use any location instead of C:\ the article goes through all subfolders, so you only have to run the command on the parent.

 You'll know this is done properly when you see PS {Your Path Here}> in PowerShell.

 

3. Decide what files you're looking for.

You also need to decide what you are looking for. The following code defines that we are searching for anything that ends with QDW/QDF/LBL/LAB which are the file types of our different software:
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include "*.lab", "*.lbl", "*.qdf", "*.qdw" -ErrorAction Ignore | Format-Table Directory, Name -Wrap

 

4. Adjust for easier output.

If you don't mind waiting a little longer to see data you can add -AutoSize to the end of the previous command to have a slightly easier to read output:
Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Include "*.lab", "*.lbl", "*.qdf", "*.qdw" -ErrorAction Ignore | Format-Table Directory, Name -Wrap -AutoSize

 

NOTE: This option won't return anything until it finds all instances of the searched labels.

 

NOTE: Teklynx Label Design Software does not host any labels within the software and all labels that are saved, are saved somewhere in your environment. If this article does not help find the labels you are looking for, they are not on the machine you checked. At that point we suggest contacting your IT Team to see if they have any internal tools for finding your labels.

 

 

 

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