WINXP Search ignores some files

[billshat44]

I am having a problem with the search program bringing back files that
I know the search term is in. I have created text files that I call
using batch files. These files are used to ftp other files and I give
these files an extension of FTP so I can keep them separate from other
files. I try searching for my user id which are in the FTP files and
it brings back other file types with the search term, but not the ftp
files.Also I copied the FTP file to a text file with the extension of
FTP and it found my file. Why would it isolate just these files since
they are just text files;nothing fancy Is it because the FTP
extension isn't known to my machine. Is there a way to make it
known?

Thanks

 

[Erwin Moller]

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I am having a problem with the search program bringing back files that
I know the search term is in. I have created text files that I call
using batch files. These files are used to ftp other files and I give
these files an extension of FTP so I can keep them separate from other
files. I try searching for my user id which are in the FTP files and
it brings back other file types with the search term, but not the ftp
files.Also I copied the FTP file to a text file with the extension of
FTP and it found my file. Why would it isolate just these files since
they are just text files;nothing fancy Is it because the FTP
extension isn't known to my machine. Is there a way to make it
known?

Thanks

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Never use XP Search again. It is made for people who know nothing.

Erwin Moller

--
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the
other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious
deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult."
-- C.A.R. Hoare

 

[billshat44]

Thanks for your response, but it is a company computer and I'm not
allowed to load software on my own. I will try it on my home
computer.

 

[Richard]

I am having a problem with the search program bringing back files that
I know the search term is in. I have created text files that I call
using batch files. These files are used to ftp other files and I give
these files an extension of FTP so I can keep them separate from other
files. I try searching for my user id which are in the FTP files and
it brings back other file types with the search term, but not the ftp
files. Also I copied the FTP file to a text file with the extension of
FTP and it found my file. Why would it isolate just these files since
they are just text files;nothing fancy Is it because the FTP
extension isn't known to my machine. Is there a way to make it
known?

Thanks

I'm assuming it found your "user id" in the other kinds of files because it
is also in those other files? Since it found the new text files with FTP
extension, that is not the problem. Are you phrase searching within files
without a wildcard entry in the filename box, like *.ftp? And if your user
id is in all the FTP files, why search for files with your user id in the
first place, if you are looking for ftp files? Just use *.ftp in the
filename box. As for why search does not "see" your "user id", possibly one
or more of the following things:

Is your "user id" ordinary letters and/or numerals only?

In Windows Notepad, the FileSave dialog box has 4 "Encoding" options:
1) ANSI
2) Unicode
3) Unicode big endian
4) UTF-8

Drag and Drop the old and new versions of the files into Notepad, choose
FileSaveAs, just to see what Encoding each already has.

Were the original ftp or batch files written while in MSDOS?
Word 7 for Windows 95 has 6 text SaveAs formats:
1) Text Only (*.txt)
2) Text Only with Line Breaks (*.txt)
3) MS-DOS Text (*.txt)
4) MS-DOS Text with Line Breaks (*.txt)
5) MS-DOS Text with Layout (*.asc)
6) Text with Layout (*.ans)

[Word 2007 only has txt option: Plain Text (*.txt)]

Check the file sizes between old version and the one you copied to a text
file. Some text editors save with CR only, some with LF and CR.
(CR=Carriage Return=ASCII-13, LF=Line Feed=ASCII-10)

If you want to make the FTP file extension "known" unto your machine, simply
double-click any file with FTP extension, and you should get a "Windows
cannot open this file" message.
Click: "Select the program from a list"
Click: OK
Click "Notepad" in the list
[You can type a short description if you like]
Click: "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file"
Click: OK

(Buh-dap uh-dap uh-dap! That's all folks!

You're welcome. --Richard