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Guest
All of a sudden the Start/Search has stopped finding anything. It hasn't
been all that long since I've used it. Now it always says “Search is
complete. There are no results to display.†I usually use the “All or part
of a file nameâ€, i.e. *.dll or “microsoftâ€, etc. and it has always found
*something*, even in the cache. I haven’t used “A word or phrase in the fileâ€
that I recall. If I did it found something. I did try that though and it
found nothing.
No matter what I search for-- a folder name, part of a file name, a program
name, with or without a wildcard, a file extension (i.e., .exe, or *.exe),
there are no results. I have a Dell and it doesn’t even find “Dellâ€. It
doesn’t even find “Microsoftâ€. It says “searching....†in the window and the
green bar is scrolling, the animated character is searching, but there are
never any results. However, it does find what is in the Recycle Bin, *only*.
It used to show the names of files/folders or wherever it was looking,
scrolling in the left panel, but it doesn’t show that any more either.
Sometimes after I click “Search†it *immediately* says no results. It
doesn’t even take time to search.
I am using Search Companion, I have it set to Look in Local Hard Drives
(C
(and tried Local Disc C, files and folders, search behavior is
Advanced, Search system files, Search hidden files and Search subfolders, and
not ticked for Case sensitive. I have tried ticking “With Indexingâ€, and
“Without Indexingâ€. I have tried changing these settings every which way and
inside out.) Still no search results.
I do not get any error messages. I have WindowsXP Home SP2, IE6. It is not
networked. I am administrator and the only user.
Can someone possibly shed some light on this?
Thanx
Judy
been all that long since I've used it. Now it always says “Search is
complete. There are no results to display.†I usually use the “All or part
of a file nameâ€, i.e. *.dll or “microsoftâ€, etc. and it has always found
*something*, even in the cache. I haven’t used “A word or phrase in the fileâ€
that I recall. If I did it found something. I did try that though and it
found nothing.
No matter what I search for-- a folder name, part of a file name, a program
name, with or without a wildcard, a file extension (i.e., .exe, or *.exe),
there are no results. I have a Dell and it doesn’t even find “Dellâ€. It
doesn’t even find “Microsoftâ€. It says “searching....†in the window and the
green bar is scrolling, the animated character is searching, but there are
never any results. However, it does find what is in the Recycle Bin, *only*.
It used to show the names of files/folders or wherever it was looking,
scrolling in the left panel, but it doesn’t show that any more either.
Sometimes after I click “Search†it *immediately* says no results. It
doesn’t even take time to search.
I am using Search Companion, I have it set to Look in Local Hard Drives
(C
(and tried Local Disc C, files and folders, search behavior isAdvanced, Search system files, Search hidden files and Search subfolders, and
not ticked for Case sensitive. I have tried ticking “With Indexingâ€, and
“Without Indexingâ€. I have tried changing these settings every which way and
inside out.
) Still no search results.I do not get any error messages. I have WindowsXP Home SP2, IE6. It is not
networked. I am administrator and the only user.
Can someone possibly shed some light on this?
Thanx
Judy