"Error" in built-in search utility

[The Litwaks]

I am trying to find a file that I, horror of horrors, in spite of
thinking I made multiple backups, I can't find. I have tried using the
Search feature in XP and just realized something bad. THe built-in
search engine, that you get on the main start menu, doesn't seem to
search inside all files. How do I know this? Because when I specify
that the file name contains .wpd, and I know that I have a Wordperfect
file that contains the string I'm searching for, that file does not show
up in the search results. How can I search for a file that is a
Wordperfect file that contains a given string, since the XP search
utility refuses to look in WP files? Thanks.


Ken

 

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Here's a program I use and it puts the one in XP to shame.
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx
It is a free program, give it a shot.

I am trying to find a file that I, horror of horrors, in spite of
thinking I made multiple backups, I can't find. I have tried using the
Search feature in XP and just realized something bad. THe built-in
search engine, that you get on the main start menu, doesn't seem to
search inside all files. How do I know this? Because when I specify
that the file name contains .wpd, and I know that I have a Wordperfect
file that contains the string I'm searching for, that file does not show
up in the search results. How can I search for a file that is a
Wordperfect file that contains a given string, since the XP search
utility refuses to look in WP files? Thanks.


Ken

Dan (Still going in circles)

 

[NewsReader]

This may help you:

http://home.earthlink.net/~lreynol929/ruXP/StrtMenu/FORCEXP.HTM