David,
Glad to hear that you now have a working solution and glad to have been of
any assistance.
Here is another tip on searching re the extension peculiarity feature of XP:
Let's say you want to find all instances of eula.txt.
type eula*.txt in the search box.
In fact,if you wanted to find all .msc files (the management system consoles
such as DevMgmt.msc), then type *.msc in the search box.
Aren't computers fun?
karl snooks
| Hi Karl,
| Finally - I got it! Two things:
| 1. it seems you cannot specify a file name (e.g. *.txt) as well as the
text
| to search for - this causes search to look only in the file names that are
| found matching the wildcard expansion. This is not supposed to work this
way
| - it is supposed to look at the file name AND the file text.
|
| 2. I had to tweak the registry to get Search to look in all files, even
| those that are not registered. I did it this way:
|
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/1250/
|
| Thanks for your help!
|
| David
|
| "Karl Snooks" wrote:
|
| > David,
| > did you follow the procedure I gave? Just to make sure that I wasn't
| > barking at the moon (hard to see with a total eclipse), then I went:
| > Win+F which brings up the search window || left the box labeled "All or
part
| > of the file name" blank || entered ",.0" (without the quotes) in the
field
| > labeled "A word or phrase in the file:" || Look in: Drives (C:;D
--
I've
| > two logical drives || "When was it modified?" has the "Don't remember."
| > radio button selected || same goes for "What size is it?" || Under
"More
| > advanced options" -- the Type of file: box is set to (All files and
| > Folders), Search system folders is checked, Search hidden files and
folders
| > is checked, Search subfolders is checked, Case sensitive is unchecked,
| > Search tape backup is unchecked
| >
| > Worked like a charm. Never knew I had so many files that somewhere,
deep in
| > their bowels, contained ",.0".
| >
| > Incidentally, I have zero files with ",.0" in the file name.
| >
| > I even generated a text file containing ",.0" embedded in surrounding
text
| > and the search found that file.
| >
| > I'm interested in hearing the solution to your problem.
| >
| > karl snooks
| > | > |I am having the exact same problem and have for a long time with XP:
the
| > text
| > | of files does not seem to be searched for the text in the "A word or
| > phrase
| > | in the file" field. Only the file names are searched. Files containing
the
| > | text are not listed, but those with the text in the title are included
in
| > the
| > | results.
| > |
| > | Please tell me how to fix this issue.
| > |
| > | Thanks,
| > | David
| > |
| > | "Karl Snooks" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Investigate following there in the Search dialog:
| > | > Other search options
| > | > Change preferences
| > | > More advanced options
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > "(e-mail address removed)" wrote:
| > | >
| > | > > I specify a word or phrase in file as ",.0" (without the quotes)
but
| > | > > it cannot find it. Seems to only find strings in the file name,
not
| > | > > the file contents.
| > | > >
| > | > > What is wrong?
| > | > >
| >
| >
| >
