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Search doesn't work
Ok, I've been a computer pro for 20+ years. I taught myself 8086 asm. I know
7+ languages. Why can't I figure out how to make the Search in Windows XP work? Please help. /joel |
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Try this article: http://xpsearch.info/xps1.htm
-- Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine] (Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested) "Microsoft" wrote in message ... Ok, I've been a computer pro for 20+ years. I taught myself 8086 asm. I know 7+ languages. Why can't I figure out how to make the Search in Windows XP work? Please help. /joel |
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Top 10 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
Click on the ? Icon to Expand http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm [?] Why doesn't Search work? And/or he http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm Scroll down to: Search - Doesn't Work -- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes MS-MVP Windows Shell/User In , Microsoft hunted and pecked: Ok, I've been a computer pro for 20+ years. I taught myself 8086 asm. I know 7+ languages. Why can't I figure out how to make the Search in Windows XP work? Please help. /joel |
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"Microsoft" wrote in message
... Ok, I've been a computer pro for 20+ years. I taught myself 8086 asm. I know 7+ languages. Why can't I figure out how to make the Search in Windows XP work? Please help. I gave up on the Search utility included in Windows XP. It only works if there is a file handler that understands the filetype although I may have no interest in looking *in* the file to search on substrings within it but rather only search on file *names*. This was stupidity they added in Windows XP. I want to find all files, not just the ones that the Search utility happens to have a viewer to show the contents of a file. I could be in a command shell and do a dir command to show a file that Windows XP's search couldn't find even if I started the search on that very folder. The Search in Windows 2000 worked fine. Supposedly you could enable the file indexing service to augment or supplant the Search utility but then you have to know SQL-like commands to do the search in the indexing database. No thanks. Instead I use Agent Ransack (yeah, not a great name; their paid version is called FileLocator). It finds everything, plus you can select to do the typical DOS wildcarded searching or you can switch to using regular expressions for even greater control in how to search. The pro version (FileLocator) adds a viewer to show you the contents of a selected file but I didn't need that. Agent Ransack is free. -- __________________________________________________ __________ Post your replies to the newsgroup. Share with others. E-mail reply: Remove "NIXTHIS" and add "#VS811" to Subject. __________________________________________________ __________ |
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