extending PATH on Windows?

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 9:42 PM, Ulli Horlacher
<framstag at rus.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:
> pyotr filipivich <phamp at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> >       Windows (especially 7) search function is highly crippled. There is
>> >some command sequence that will open it up to looking at other file types
>> >and locations.
>> >
>> >http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-files/windows-7-search-does-not-find-files-that-it/61b88d5e-7df7-4427-8a2e-82b801a4a746?auth=1
>>
>>
>> Thanks.  I've found it "simpler" to just open a command prompt, and
>> use DOS.
>
> How can one search for files with DOS?

dir /s /b \*add2path.*

ChrisA