~ FreeSpirit ~
April 25th 04, 08:44 AM
"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. 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
====================================
Please keep recommending this software here as it WORKS! It finds what XP's
SEARCH cannot locate. :-) I am recommending it to my friends who also
suffer the near useless SEARCH in WXP.
FS..............
...
>
> "~ 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
====================================
Please keep recommending this software here as it WORKS! It finds what XP's
SEARCH cannot locate. :-) I am recommending it to my friends who also
suffer the near useless SEARCH in WXP.
FS..............