Problems Searching a phrase

[Marc S]

I am searching thru Word Perfect documents. I realize Windows XP Pro has
changed it's searching component (Q309173), and I successfully made this
change. This fixes searching for single words, but when searching "multiple
words" aka "a phrase", I get nothing. Is there something I'm missing, or a
recommneded tool to use.

Thanks.

 

[Bob I]

Agent Ransack is what I like.

http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

 

[Scooby Doo]

I second the vote on Agent Ransack (free; the paid version is called
File Locator).

The KB article mentions on how to search on all filetypes but that only
applies if you enable the file indexing service.

That's not actually so, and it says as much on that page. I've made the
change and kept the service turned off.

I tweaked XP's pathetic Search as soon as I realised what a step down it was
from Win2k. But still, the distrust was there, and I only ever use Agent
Ransack myself now anyway.

I'm not interested in
impacting the responsiveness of my host nor do I need a utility to
organize my files which I already do very proficiently.

Agent Ransack. Yes.
Windows XP Search. No.

Thirded.

 

[Marc S]

That's not actually so, and it says as much on that page. I've made the
change and kept the service turned off.

I tweaked XP's pathetic Search as soon as I realised what a step down it was
from Win2k. But still, the distrust was there, and I only ever use Agent
Ransack myself now anyway.


Thirded.>

Well, I spent the afternoon downloading and installing Agent Ransack. Then
I tested by adding the words "ending in" in the Containing text field in the
application. These words "ending in" are located in several Word Perfect
documents. None showed up in the search. If I limit the search to only th
word "ending", then I get them all. Why can't I view them when I search for
both words "ending in" (I have tried with and without quotes).