Start - Search - Files and Folders <- isnt working !! help please

[Guest]

i have win xp pro sp2 and all updates from windows update.
yesterday i realized that the classic windows search isnt working.
when i want to search something it writes "unexpected error | Action could
not be completed"
then i tried to fix this by using a tweak program (Tweak UI) and switched on
"use classic search assistent" - when i clicked on "search" button, it wont
find anything !! not even *.exe !! nothing... ( the search takes about 2
seconds...
drive is not indexed, indexing service is disabled (was disabled on previous
installation of windows and everything was working fine)
now, im using a simillar searching program, but the windows searcher is
better...
i just want to use classic search in windows...i fixed every problem by
myself but this is too much even for me (
please help
Heady

 

[Galen]

In Heady <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

i have win xp pro sp2 and all updates from windows update.
yesterday i realized that the classic windows search isnt working.
when i want to search something it writes "unexpected error | Action
could not be completed"
then i tried to fix this by using a tweak program (Tweak UI) and
switched on "use classic search assistent" - when i clicked on
"search" button, it wont find anything !! not even *.exe !!
nothing... ( the search takes about 2 seconds...
drive is not indexed, indexing service is disabled (was disabled on
previous installation of windows and everything was working fine)
now, im using a simillar searching program, but the windows searcher
is better...
i just want to use classic search in windows...i fixed every problem
by myself but this is too much even for me (
please help
Heady

Give this a shot:

Restore Classic Search in Windows XP:
http://www.petri.co.il/restore_classic_search_in_windows_xp.htm

That might be the ticket you are looking for. Maybe in the midst of trying
to get it to work it caused some sort of error or a registry entry to be
deleted? I'd check the above site.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

im afraid, but that is for changing the style of the windows searcher, i want
to repair its functionality...

 

[Galen]

In Heady <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

im afraid, but that is for changing the style of the windows
searcher, i want to repair its functionality...

I know what it is for. The idea is to turn on the regular search and then
turn it back off again letting it (hopefully) reset itself. In addition see
Kelly's site: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_s.htm Scroll down and find
the search doesn't work section.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

 

[Guest]

ITS WORKING !!! THANKS A LOT !!!

btw, awesome page, bookmarked )))))))))))