Searching for files

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Roger Van Loon

In XP, it was sooooo easy to search for any file on the PC.
Now, in Vista, I'm sure I have a file somewhere (EG a doc file with
'blabberdygook' in the text), how do I find it?
The 'search' option didn't help me.
Yes, I'm sure I must be pretty stupid to be asking for such a
fundamental thing.
Roger.
 
Actually you can add whichever file extensions you want included in the
index.
Mine has .pl files included, with a plain text filter.
Start - Control Panel - Indexing Options - Advanced - File types

Not that it helps in your test, perhaps because the newly created file is
not in the index yet.

But, anyway, the search function doesn't seem to work as it should...
 
/Roger Van Loon/ said:
In XP, it was sooooo easy to search for any file on the PC.
Now, in Vista, I'm sure I have a file somewhere (EG a doc file with
'blabberdygook' in the text), how do I find it?
The 'search' option didn't help me.
Yes, I'm sure I must be pretty stupid to be asking for such a
fundamental thing.
Click to expand...

Care to try a FREE utility that may negate your need to ever again use
Vista search?
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/
 
Thanks, all.
I still seem to have trouble working with the Vista search option, and I
don't like the index (for one thing: recent files, not yet indexed, are
of course not found). I did install Agent Ransack (thanks, Dev) and I
think I'll use that from now on.
One thing, again: "The Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) program is no longer
included in Vista...."
So Agent Ransack's help does not work.
Why can't they leave a good thing alone?
Roger.
 
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