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Last Friday I checked for this new feature and I didn't have it as an option yet. Wouldn't you know I come in on Monday it is available! Finally, you can search within a folder of Drive (rather than your entire Drive)!  It is available multiple ways, including in the advanced search options.  Using the built-in menus In case you don't remember, here is the "old" menu options: Here is the "new" with the added Folder Search when right-clicking  on the folder: Using the "More" Menu It is also available by selecting the folder and clicking on the "More" menu options (stacked dots): When you use it, an additional line is added under the search bar: Using the Advanced Search options The prior options for location looked like this: There is now an addition of  a button that says Anywhere: When clicking on it, you can select the location you want to search:

Just put together this quick little script as we needed a folder created upon a form entry. In our case, we needed a folder created with the name of the person, so we are pulling the name entry from the form and setting that as the folder name.  This also includes how to direct it where to save these folders so they are sub-folders of an existing folder and not cluttering up the root level of your Drive. Thought I would share in case someone else needs something similar! 1. Create your form. You may want to enter 1 sample entry so you can test your script later.  2. Create the form responses spreadsheet. This will house the data from the form entries - you will be connecting the script to this sheet. 3. Open up the Script editor  Go to the Tools Menu and select Script editor. 4. Replace the code . Replace the default code - with this - (all the text highlighted in gray include the final bracket) - function createStudentFolder() {   // ide...