Searching within files in Windows XP

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Is there a place where you select what types of files windows XP Pro SP2
searches within. For example when you are searching for files that contain
certain text.

We are searching a directory with word and word perfect files in it. It
seems to look in the word files just fine, but not the word perfect files.
 
Roundy said:
Is there a place where you select what types of files windows XP Pro SP2
searches within. For example when you are searching for files that
contain
certain text.

We are searching a directory with word and word perfect files in it. It
seems to look in the word files just fine, but not the word perfect files.
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Choose "all files and folders"
 
Roundy said:
Is there a place where you select what types of files windows XP Pro SP2
searches within. For example when you are searching for files that contain
certain text.

We are searching a directory with word and word perfect files in it. It
seems to look in the word files just fine, but not the word perfect files.
Click to expand...
Hi,

Add Files to Containing text Searches
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_fix_search.htm

and

Using the "A Word or Phrase in the File" Search Criterion May Not Work
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;309173


An alternative is to use a 3rd party search tool (free ):

Install the free Agent Ransack, it searches for text strings in *all*
types of files, and not just in a selection of "approved" file
extensions as the built-in search does. In my opinion it is a better
search tool as well...

Download it from here:
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx

Agent Ransack can save the search result to a file (or clipboard), as text,
comma separated text or tab separated text. E.g. Excel reads comma separated
text (csv) very well.

When searching for text inside files, Agent Ransack is also able to do a
preview of the lines the text was found in (just do a single click on the
found file).
Also, you can use regular expression on both the file name part and the find
text in files part.
 
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