Search will hang after so many files

[Guest]

This one has me stumped. When ever a user is searching a large directory in
XP it will start to search but then it hangs after so many files are scanned.
The point at which it stops repsonding varies, sometimes it hangs after 740
files and sometimes it goes well passed 1000 files on the same directory. (by
hang I mean it still says its searching but does nothing. The only way I can
search again is if I close the entire explorer window.) This occurs on all XP
machines and happens whether your searching a 2000 or 2003 share.

 

[Guest]

Well, tell him not to search so much - problem solved! ) Just Kidding!

It sounds like this could be one of 2 problems (I'm going out on a limb here)
1) There's just too many files in each directory (this used to be an issue
with earlier versions of DOS and Windows)
2) There's corruption in the search engine. This would suggest SFC.EXE
/SCANNOW - or a repair install to me.

- John

 

[Guest]

Actually I thought the same thing. However sometimes it stops after 200
files. I also thought about the corruption and already ran SFC.exe (it also
appears to be on all XP PCs in our entire organization). I also want to point
out that when we use a 2000 PC, the search works fine ;(

 

[Guest]

fixed. The issue is with XP's built in zip function. It opens every zip file
to search. This causes it to lock up.
run:

regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

This will unregister the software (you'll need a third party app if you
still need to open zip files after)

 

[Guest]

Fixed. The issue is with the XP built in zip function, it tries to open the
zip files as it searches and this causes it to hang. run:

regsvr32 /u %windir%\system32\zipfldr.dll

And the issue is resolved.