how to search inside jar files on windows xp

[alex]

I still cannot fully search inside .JAR like win2000 does.
It only finds my search criteria in file names
does not go inside files, that packaged in a JAR, and
does not search content of each of those files.
win2000 did exactly that. And all other windows before
that did it too.

Can Anyone suggest a way of searching for character
string inside files packaged inside the JAR file?


alex

 

[Kelly]

Hi Alex,

Copy the below into notepad and include a last blank line:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jar\PersistentHandler]
@="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"


Save it as searchjar.reg and merge.

More info here: Troubleshooting Search - Text
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm#searchtext

 

[Alex Nichol]

I still cannot fully search inside .JAR like win2000 does.
It only finds my search criteria in file names
does not go inside files, that packaged in a JAR, and
does not search content of each of those files.

It only searches for text in a very limited number of types - they must
either have registry entries saying they are pure Text (.TXT and not
much else) or have known 'filters' to handle embedded format controls,
so that Search can avoid being confused by thinking those are characters
in 16 bit Unicode (eg .doc, .htm). You can add an additional type as
pure text provided you know that it *is* that, and that it does not
already have a 'PersistentHandler' in the registry. Make the following,
after - - start and before - - end into a file by cut/paste to NotePad.
Make sure there is a blank line at the end. Save as "Patch.reg" then
d-click on this file to enter it into the registry.
This is for .jar, which should be OK - modify that for other
extensions, with care.

- - start
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.jar\PersistentHandler]
@="{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb}"


- - end