Search for Multiple Extensions

[Dewg]

I can't seem to figure out how to do a search under Vista for multiple
extensions. In XP's search you could put:

*.doc *.xls *.ppt

in the filename field for the search and it would find all documents
with those 3 extensions at the same time.

In Vista, doing an advanced search, that same criteria doesn't work
anymore.

So let's say I want to search my C: drive for all .DOC files, all XLS
files and all PPT at the same time. How do I do that?

 

[Jon]

I can't seem to figure out how to do a search under Vista for multiple
extensions. In XP's search you could put:

*.doc *.xls *.ppt

in the filename field for the search and it would find all documents
with those 3 extensions at the same time.

In Vista, doing an advanced search, that same criteria doesn't work
anymore.

So let's say I want to search my C: drive for all .DOC files, all XLS
files and all PPT at the same time. How do I do that?

Try this in the Start > Search box

Ext:.doc OR Ext:.xls OR Ext:.ppt

 

[Dewg]

That did it. Thanks!

Try this in the Start > Search box

Ext:.doc OR Ext:.xls OR Ext:.ppt

 

[Dave]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/desktopsearch/addresources/advanced.mspx