Multiple Copies with Search

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Grace

I am finding that, when I do a search, it lists files multiple times. They
have the exact same name and last saved dates and times. It seems like the
problem keeps growing. I used to have maybe 3 copies of each, now i have 8.
Pls help.

Grace
 
this is "normal", tho actually it's a bug.

when XP searches it looks at both the file name info, and the "meta data"
info inside the file. so, it finds a file name that matchs the query, and
then that same file has meta data that also matchs the query, so it's
listed again.

this happens most often w/ Office docs (they have lots of meta data in
them), and MP3 files, which have ID3 "tag" data in them.

[to view this meta data, select the file, open its properties and look
thru the available tabs.]

this "feature" allows you to search for, say "beatles", and it'll find mp3
files (like help.mp3) that don't have beatles in the filename, but do have
it in the meta data.

but you're right, it shouldn't list the same file twice!
 
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