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Windows Forum / Windows Vista / File Management / June 2007Searching all files in a folder for a string.
I keep some customer documents, Excel and Word files, in a folder. The folder is on a network share. Periodically I need to search these documents for the presence of a string of text. This is simply, quickly and intuitively done in XP. How do I do this in Vista? Hello, You'll have to install the following addon: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f7e981d9-5a3b-4872-a07e -220761e27283&displaylang=en Thanks, Ilia >I keep some customer documents, Excel and Word files, in a folder. The folder > is on a network share. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > How do I do this in Vista? Thanks! So what is the syntax to search a specific network share for all files containing a specific string? Isn't it a step backward to have to form syntax to perform such functions? Where is the GUI version of Find? > Hello, > You'll have to install the following addon: [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > > > How do I do this in Vista? Hello, Searching for "foo" (without ") will find all indexed items (documents, emails, etc) containing "foo". Searching for "foo path:\\server\share" will find all files containing "foo" on \\server\share. For more advanced query syntax tips, read http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb266512.aspx. If by "UI Find" you mean GREP, then click on Advanced Options under the search text box, and check "Include non-indexed, hidden and system files, MIGHT BE SLOW". Then change locations to include wherever you want to search (it's Indexed Locations by default). This will GREP anything that isn't indexed. You will get more search results that way, but please mind the SLOW part, it isn't kidding. If you want to always use GREP, save that search. A saved search remembers the locations and the GREP setting, just reopen it and you are good to go. Thanks, Ilia > Thanks! > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> > >> > How do I do this in Vista? |
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