How to enable XP Advanced Search options by default

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People compaining that they have to tick the box with advanced options
every time they search, have disabled the Search Assistant. It must be
enabled, not necessarily with the dog, so that Windows can remember the
settings. It's because the setting "UseAdvancedSearchAlways" refers to
Search Assistant. Here is a text that one can save as a file with .reg
extention and doubleclick it.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"SearchSystemDirs"=dword:00000001
"SearchHidden"=dword:00000001
"IncludeSubFolders"=dword:00000001
"CaseSensitive"=dword:00000000
"SearchSlowFiles"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\CabinetState]
"FullPath"=dword:00000001
"FullPathAddress"=dword:00000001
"Use Search Asst"="yes"
"Settings"=hex:0c,00,02,00,1b,01,e7,77,60,00,00,00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Search Assistant]
"SocialUI"=dword:00000000
"UseAdvancedSearchAlways"=dword:00000001

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This will search files and folders WITH ADVANCED OPTIONS ENABLED BY
DEFAULT, including subdirectories, system and hidden files without an
"Actor" (e.g. search dog), every time you search clicking the start
menu button or from within any folder (using F3).

The Kelly's Corner .vbs and .reg files
(http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm, line 151) allow to
stick to the advanced search options using classic search, BUT: from
start menu only, and this is is good for English Windows only, because
the .vbs sends specific keys.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

http://groups.google.com/groups?as_...81&as_maxd=29&as_maxm=4&as_maxy=2006&safe=off

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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