third request: Find in XP is broken

[Michael Bierman]

I am reposting because there's been no reply. I can't believe that there's
no answer for this basic problem.

I have a very strange problem and haven't found any bug reports that would
explain it. I'm running XP Pro, Svc pk. 1

I want to save a shortcut to do a search of my favorites folder so I can
find bookmarks easily. (As an aside, I've never understood why this isn't
built into Explorer.)

Anyway, I follow the following steps:

a. Open the Find window in any of the usual ways, and choose the desired
find location.
b. Choose Save Search from the File menu. This will put a .fnd file on
the
desktop.
c. Store the .fnd file someplace safe, such as your Windows directory,
and
create a shortcut to it on the desktop (drag the file onto the desktop with
the right mouse button, and choose Create Shortcut).
d. Rename the shortcut to something more informative, such as "Find"

However, when I open my .fnd file, the "look in" folder (location) has not
been saved. In my case, the search I saved was for G:\Favorites and I see
"Local Hard Drives (C:;F:;G" instead.

I used to have this working on a previous machine. Anyone have any clues?


TIA,

 

[Michael Bierman]

Since no one here seems able to answer this, can anyone recommend another
forum where I might search for an answer?

Many thanks.

Michael


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