Using SEARCH .....

[~ FreeSpirit ~]

Is there any way to get this program to work as well as it does in W98SE? I
spent 10 minutes having it search many times for a file containing the word
"Walnut Street" I knew I had saved, and as usual it couldn't locate this
file - which turned out to be located in a folder right on the desktop.
What method is used that works? I used all files and folders, including
hidden files and it still came up empty handed. I had it search "My
Computer" and both C and D drives etc.

I had to find the damn file myself and it took almost 30 minutes..... I'm
really sick of this. (40 minutes to locate a file W98 would have found in
seconds.) About 1/2 the time it can't locate a file and I have to hand
search many folders looking for them.... anyone????

FS........

[Tom]

"~ FreeSpirit ~" > wrote in message
...
> Is there any way to get this program to work as well as it does in W98SE?
I
> spent 10 minutes having it search many times for a file containing the
word
> "Walnut Street" I knew I had saved, and as usual it couldn't locate this
> file - which turned out to be located in a folder right on the desktop.
> What method is used that works? I used all files and folders, including
> hidden files and it still came up empty handed. I had it search "My
> Computer" and both C and D drives etc.
>
> I had to find the damn file myself and it took almost 30 minutes..... I'm
> really sick of this. (40 minutes to locate a file W98 would have found in
> seconds.) About 1/2 the time it can't locate a file and I have to hand
> search many folders looking for them.... anyone????
>
> FS........
>

I understand your frustration bigtime! MS broke what was an excellent
seaarching feature that was/is in 98/ME/2000. XP's doesn't do a very good
job. I am unsure if SP2 (when it arrive soon) will address this issue or
not.

In any event, download and use this nifty little proggy called "Agent
Ransack", it works a treat!

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx

[~ FreeSpirit ~]

"Tom" > wrote in message
...
>
> "~ FreeSpirit ~" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Is there any way to get this program to work as well as it does in
W98SE?
> I
> > spent 10 minutes having it search many times for a file containing the
> word
> > "Walnut Street" I knew I had saved, and as usual it couldn't locate this
> > file - which turned out to be located in a folder right on the desktop.
> > What method is used that works? I used all files and folders, including
> > hidden files and it still came up empty handed. I had it search "My
> > Computer" and both C and D drives etc.
> >
> > I had to find the damn file myself and it took almost 30 minutes.....
I'm
> > really sick of this. (40 minutes to locate a file W98 would have found
in
> > seconds.) About 1/2 the time it can't locate a file and I have to hand
> > search many folders looking for them.... anyone????
> >
> > FS........
===============================================
>
> I understand your frustration bigtime! MS broke what was an excellent
> seaarching feature that was/is in 98/ME/2000. XP's doesn't do a very good
> job.

* It does a horrible job. How can it MISS so many things searched for????
And no patch or work around no less, after all this time.

I am unsure if SP2 (when it arrive soon) will address this issue or
> not.

> In any event, download and use this nifty little proggy called "Agent
> Ransack", it works a treat!
>
> http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx

* I downloaded it and will install and check it out tomorrow. Thanks....
:-)

FS.........

[~ FreeSpirit ~]

"Tom" > wrote in message
...

> I understand your frustration bigtime! MS broke what was an excellent
> seaarching feature that was/is in 98/ME/2000. XP's doesn't do a very good
> job. I am unsure if SP2 (when it arrive soon) will address this issue or
> not.
>
> In any event, download and use this nifty little proggy called "Agent
> Ransack", it works a treat!
>
> http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx
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I can't help notice none of the MS people replied to the problems of SEARCH
failing so miserably to locate files.

FS..............

[PopRivet]

~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
>> "Tom" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I understand your frustration bigtime! MS broke
what was an
>>> excellent seaarching feature that was/is in
98/ME/2000. XP's
>>> doesn't do a very good job. I am unsure if SP2
(when it arrive
>>> soon) will address this issue or not.
>>>
>>> In any event, download and use this nifty little
proggy called
>>> "Agent Ransack", it works a treat!
>>>
>>> http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx
>> =================================
>> I can't help notice none of the MS people replied to
the problems of
>> SEARCH failing so miserably to locate files.
>>
>> FS..............

Yeah, same here. I follow any thread like this,
expecting to find some "AHA!" answer, but I guess not.
I HAVE however found that, unless I'm looking for text
within a file, searching My Computer is reliable, in
my case at least. Searching Local Drives never finds a
damned thing though, I don't think. I can't even
figure out any repeatability in what it will and won't
find - there's no obvious pattern to it.
That, and the lack of an update or workaround for it
makes me think there is something horrendously wrong in
XP that they're going to keep hidden if they can. I
keep wondering how many occasional problems I blame
myself for are actually XP's fault? XP's more stable,
but boy, in some areas, it's sure not even AS
dependable as 98 was! My sister gave up and went back
to 98. I won't do that, yet, but it's getting ...
well, you know, I can tell.

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[~ FreeSpirit ~]

"PopRivet" > wrote in message
...
> Yeah, same here. I follow any thread like this,
> expecting to find some "AHA!" answer, but I guess not.
> I HAVE however found that, unless I'm looking for text
> within a file, searching My Computer is reliable, in
> my case at least.

* Mine is pitiful. The word Walnut Street was in a file (as part of an
address). I searched every way possible and it still missed it. That was
only one of many it couldn't/didn't locate.

Searching Local Drives never finds a
> damned thing though, I don't think. I can't even
> figure out any repeatability in what it will and won't
> find - there's no obvious pattern to it.

* EXACTLY!!!! That's what makes it so aggravating and irritating,
especially when I need the information in a hurry.

> That, and the lack of an update or workaround for it
> makes me think there is something horrendously wrong in
> XP that they're going to keep hidden if they can.

* I fear I suspect the SAME thing. I was so spoiled by W98 search feature
which never failed and worked in seconds. On XP SEARCH is so slow and
ponderous - and then can't find the file and it's right in a folder on the
desktop.

I
> keep wondering how many occasional problems I blame
> myself for are actually XP's fault? XP's more stable,
> but boy, in some areas, it's sure not even AS
> dependable as 98 was! My sister gave up and went back
> to 98. I won't do that, yet, but it's getting ...
> well, you know, I can tell.

* I have no choice as XP came on this new PC. It is more stable than 98.
That's true. This SEARCH feature has been the pits and a sore spot right
from the start though.

FS..........

[PopRivet]

~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
>> "PopRivet" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Yeah, same here. I follow any thread like this,
>>> expecting to find some "AHA!" answer, but I guess
not.
>>> I HAVE however found that, unless I'm looking for
text
>>> within a file, searching My Computer is reliable,
in
>>> my case at least.
>>
>> * Mine is pitiful. The word Walnut Street was in a
file (as part of
>> an address). I searched every way possible and it
still missed it.
>> That was only one of many it couldn't/didn't locate.
>>
>> Searching Local Drives never finds a
>>> damned thing though, I don't think. I can't even
>>> figure out any repeatability in what it will and
won't
>>> find - there's no obvious pattern to it.
>>
>> * EXACTLY!!!! That's what makes it so aggravating
and irritating,
>> especially when I need the information in a hurry.
>>
>>> That, and the lack of an update or workaround
for it
>>> makes me think there is something horrendously
wrong in
>>> XP that they're going to keep hidden if they can.
>>
>> * I fear I suspect the SAME thing. I was so spoiled
by W98 search
>> feature which never failed and worked in seconds.
On XP SEARCH is
>> so slow and ponderous - and then can't find the file
and it's right
>> in a folder on the desktop.
>>
>> I
>>> keep wondering how many occasional problems I blame
>>> myself for are actually XP's fault? XP's more
stable,
>>> but boy, in some areas, it's sure not even AS
>>> dependable as 98 was! My sister gave up and went
back
>>> to 98. I won't do that, yet, but it's getting ...
>>> well, you know, I can tell.
>>
>> * I have no choice as XP came on this new PC. It is
more stable
>> than 98. That's true. This SEARCH feature has been
the pits and a
>> sore spot right from the start though.
>>
>> FS..........

Did you catch the workaround that was posted? I found
it shortly after posting my little bitch - and it did
seem to fix things - so far. Turns out an easy one,
too. It was near my post in the overall list - if
can't find, lemme know, I'll locate it.

Pop