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November 13th 09, 06:39 PM
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I hae lost my ability to search for files and folders.
when i click on Search in a folder i get the grey panel at the left of the windown and the little office assistant dog, sits there with nothing else in the side panel - not box to type in - nothing. this also happens when i try to use the search feature in the Start menu. anyone know how i can fix this? Theresa 
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November 13th 09, 07:19 PM
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Theresa wrote:
I hae lost my ability to search for files and folders. when i click on Search in a folder i get the grey panel at the left of the windown and the little office assistant dog, sits there with nothing else in the side panel - not box to type in - nothing. this also happens when i try to use the search feature in the Start menu. anyone know how i can fix this? Theresa Windows XP Search Problems http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_search_probs.htm [Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox] No content in the search menu. Click Start, Run and type: regsvr32 %Windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll regsvr32 jscript.dll regsvr32 /i urlmon.dll (From a post by Ramesh) -- Joe =o)
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November 14th 09, 01:17 AM
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I tried to download the patch but it says i have a newer patch in place and
cannot download this one. I still cannot search. "Elmo" wrote: Theresa wrote: I hae lost my ability to search for files and folders. when i click on Search in a folder i get the grey panel at the left of the windown and the little office assistant dog, sits there with nothing else in the side panel - not box to type in - nothing. this also happens when i try to use the search feature in the Start menu. anyone know how i can fix this? Theresa Windows XP Search Problems http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_search_probs.htm [Courtesy of MS-MVP Doug Knox] No content in the search menu. Click Start, Run and type: regsvr32 %Windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll regsvr32 jscript.dll regsvr32 /i urlmon.dll (From a post by Ramesh) -- Joe =o) .
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November 14th 09, 03:53 AM
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Theresa wrote:
I tried to download the patch but it says I have a newer patch in place and cannot download this one. I still cannot search. "Elmo" wrote: Theresa wrote: I have lost my ability to search for files and folders. When I click on Search in a folder I get the grey panel at the left of the window, and the little office assistant dog sits there with nothing else in the side panel - no box to type in - nothing. This also happens when I try to use the search feature in the Start menu. Anyone know how I can fix this? Theresa Windows XP Search Problems http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_search_probs.htm Did you try reregistering the .dll files? Here it is again. Click Start, Run and type: regsvr32 %Windir%\srchasst\srchui.dll regsvr32 jscript.dll regsvr32 /i urlmon.dll -- Joe =o)
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