Big deficiency in MS Explorer Search?

[Guest]

Search will find user-defined file types under 'all files or folders', but
even when they are written with Notepad will not find 'word or phrase in
file'.

Is there a way to make it do this?

 

[RA]

Search will find user-defined file types under 'all files or
folders', but even when they are written with Notepad will not find
'word or phrase in file'.

Is there a way to make it do this?

Use the free Agent Ransack instead of Windows search.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Read this.

Windows® XP - Search Problems
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_bad_search.htm

Then get this.

xp_persisthandler.vbs - Enable XP's "Search" to find text in files.
© Doug Knox - rev 2/5/2002
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_fix_search.htm

More information here.
Windows XP - Search Problems
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_bad_search.htm

And more information here.
Using the "A word or phrase in the file" search criterion may not work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173

{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb} is the CLSID for the Plain Text
persistent handler.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Thanks for swift response both.
And thanks to Doug Knox - again. I added the registry sub-key by hand and
was then able to find what I was looking for. If only all sys admin problems
could be solved in 2 minutes!

 

[Wesley Vogel]

If only all sys admin

problems could be solved in 2 minutes!

If only all problems could be solved in two minutes. ;-)

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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