Thanks a lot for the info. I appreciate it. I also organize my files, but
write source code that I need to search through and also use some tools that
I install and they have documentation that gets interspersed on the machine.
Dave
"VanguardLH" wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>
> > VanguardLH wrote:
> >>
> >> Dave wrote:
> >>>
> >>> How do I do a search (like before Windows Search was installed) that will
> >>> not use indexing?
> >>
> >> Uninstall MS Search. I don't bother using file indexing services or
> >> utilities but I suspect Microsoft buries their Search utility to replace
> >> those that were included in Windows.
> >>
> >> Or use a 3rd party search tool, like Agent Ransack (freeware version of
> >> File Locator).
> >
> > Uninstalling MS Search was what I hoped to avoid, but I understand that that
> > may be the only option (which is sad) beyond a 3rd party tool. Thanks for
> > that tip though since I hadn't thought of it ...
>
> I personally have no use for file indexers. I already keep my files
> hierarchically organized. Searching through a long list of matches in a
> search tool isn't any faster, for me, than just going to my folder tree
> and finding the file(s). Indexers always seem to get the way, too. An
> anti-virus program might lockup a file when indexing occurs, or visa
> versa. I've encountered problems using e-mail client that bitched they
> couldn't access their files because they were inuse (although I would've
> thought that MS Search would use the Volume Shadow Service to make a
> static copy of a file but that probably takes overhead for the setup and
> I've still seen it incur waits until it can make a static copy).
>
> I even tried a couple alternatives to MS Search, like Google Desktop
> (with a UI designed for boobs and children) and Copernic (which was my
> preference but I forget now why I got rid of it but would guess it had
> to do with it still interfering with regular applications). Enhancement
> utilities, just like security programs, are nice to have but not when
> they get in your way. A better tennis stroke isn't worth having a
> constant rash on your arm.
>
> It seemed ridiculous to me to install MS Search just to make up for
> Microsoft's poor choice to change how their file search utility works in
> Windows XP (versus how it used to work in Windows 2000) where it won't
> list a file in its match list unless it has a viewer to look inside it.
> I can be right in the same folder as the file that I search on and can
> use commands on it but the Windows XP search cannot find it. 3rd party
> search tools find it, though. I found Agent Ransack an excellent
> replacement for Windows XP search and it is extremely fast on subsequent
> searches, plus I can use regular expressions to find exactly the file
> that I want or exactly the string of text that I am searching for in the
> files (Microsoft has yet to embrace regex since, oooh, it smacks of
> Unix).
>
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