Need to search for folders only, on the first Level Only

Question

First of all, I would like to ask if there is a possibility to get a more specific explanation as I am not a programmer. Or maybe a software can be recommended (I've downloaded for example https://www.voidtools.com - "Everything Search Engine")

I wanted to know how to search only for folders, and only for folders, only for first Level folders in a certain Parent Folder, on a certain HDD (external). For convenience, I called that C: in this example.

For example:

The Parents Folder:

C:\ParentsFolder\

First Level Folders:

C:\ParentsFolder\A
C:\ParentsFolder\B
C:\ParentsFolder\C

Second Level Folders and the files in it:

C:\ParentsFolder\A\A\A.jpg
C:\ParentsFolder\A\B\B.jpg
C:\ParentsFolder\A\C\C.jpg
C:\ParentsFolder\B\A\A.jpg
C:\ParentsFolder\B\B\B.jpg
C:\ParentsFolder\B\C\C.jpg
C:\ParentsFolder\C\A\A.jpg
C:\ParentsFolder\C\B\B.jpg
C:\ParentsFolder\C\C\C.jpg

I want to search only what is inside C:\ParentsFolder without seeing what is inside the subfolders.

And If I search for "A" OR "B" OR "C", then I get:

C:\ParentsFolder\A\
C:\ParentsFolder\A\
C:\ParentsFolder\A\
C:\ParentsFolder\B\
C:\ParentsFolder\B\
C:\ParentsFolder\B\
C:\ParentsFolder\C\
C:\ParentsFolder\C\
C:\ParentsFolder\C\

I don't want it to show the sub folders and the files.

What I want to see in the results will actually be the folders themselves:

A
A
A 
B
B
B
C
C
C

Answer 1

You can play with Windows search.

+First Level Folders:

Type in the search field foldername:ParentsFolder kind:folder A will list all folders with name "A"

+Second Level Folders and the files in it

You open folder "A" and type: foldername:A A.jpg

And If I search for "A" OR "B" OR "C"

foldername:ParentsFolder kind:folder A OR B OR C ("OR" is case sensitive - has to be capital)

EDIT: if the folder has space in its name just put it into quotation marks "..." and it will work

Answer 2

You can use Ffind Ext:

1. Type: d
2. Depth: 1

Directories only, first level: