the code below is searching for delphi.exe. Attention, it's possible that you need a bigger stacksize. With my HD 2,5 GByte / 1,2 GByte is used a stacksize of 16384 Byte is ok. It's dependent on the number of directories on your HD. Regards :) Jens jensschumann@t.online.de http://home.t-online.de/home/jensschumann Germany/Gerdau unit Unit1; interface uses SysUtils, WinTypes, WinProcs, Messages, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs, StdCtrls; type TForm1 = class(TForm) Button1: TButton; Label1: TLabel; procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject); private { Private-Deklarationen } procedure ListFiles(D,Name,SearchName : String); public { Public-Deklarationen } end; var Form1: TForm1; implementation {$R *.DFM} procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); begin ListFiles('c:\','*.*','delphi.exe'); {Searching for delphi.exe} end; procedure TForm1.ListFiles(D,Name,SearchName : String); var SR : TSearchRec; begin If D[Length(D)]<>'\' then D:=D+'\'; If FindFirst(D+Name,faAnyFile,SR)=0then Repeat If (SR.Attr<>faDirectory) and (SR.Name[1]<>'.') then If AnsiUpperCase(SR.Name)=AnsiUpperCase(SearchName) then Label1.Caption:=D+SR.Name; {If found then set label1.caption} Until (FindNext(SR)<>0); FindClose(SR); If FindFirst(D+'*.*',faDirectory,SR)=0 then begin Repeat If ((Sr.Attr and faDirectory)=faDirectory) and (SR.Name[1]<>'.') then ListFiles(D+SR.Name+'\',Name,SearchName); Until (FindNext(SR)<>0); end; FindClose(SR); end; end.