Searching for text on XP

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Jack

Hello,
I generally would use the searching facility of Windows Explorer, however
when it searches for a string like this setObject(const ...); where
setObject is the key. This string would never come up. So I'd like to know
if there is a better searching solution for me? (any other software except
windows explorer that is free to download)
Thanks
Jack
 
Jack said:
Hello,
I generally would use the searching facility of Windows Explorer,
however when it searches for a string like this setObject(const ...);
where setObject is the key. This string would never come up. So I'd
like to know if there is a better searching solution for me? (any
other software except windows explorer that is free to download)
Thanks
Jack
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I put Agent Ransack (free) on all my XP machines.
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/

Malke
 
Jack said:
Hello,
I generally would use the searching facility of Windows Explorer, however
when it searches for a string like this setObject(const ...); where
setObject is the key. This string would never come up. So I'd like to know
if there is a better searching solution for me? (any other software except
windows explorer that is free to download)
Click to expand...

Check the findstr command-line tool. Open a command console ("DOS
box") and type "findstr /?" for all the gory details. It will search
through subdirectories, can use regular expressions, etc, etc...
 
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