Big deficiency in MS Explorer Search?

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Newell White - 26 Apr 2007 14:08 GMT

Search will find user-defined file types under 'all files or folders', but
even when they are written with Notepad will not find 'word or phrase in
file'.

Is there a way to make it do this?

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RA - 26 Apr 2007 18:38 GMT

> Search will find user-defined file types under 'all files or
> folders', but even when they are written with Notepad will not find
> 'word or phrase in file'.
>
> Is there a way to make it do this?

Use the free Agent Ransack instead of Windows search.

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Wesley Vogel - 26 Apr 2007 19:57 GMT

Read this.

Windows® XP - Search Problems
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_bad_search.htm

Then get this.

xp_persisthandler.vbs - Enable XP's "Search" to find text in files.
© Doug Knox - rev 2/5/2002
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_fix_search.htm

More information here.
Windows XP - Search Problems
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_bad_search.htm

And more information here.
Using the "A word or phrase in the file" search criterion may not work
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309173

{5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb} is the CLSID for the Plain Text
persistent handler.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

> Search will find user-defined file types under 'all files or folders', but
> even when they are written with Notepad will not find 'word or phrase in
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Newell White - 27 Apr 2007 16:04 GMT

Thanks for swift response both.
And thanks to Doug Knox - again. I added the registry sub-key by hand and
was then able to find what I was looking for. If only all sys admin problems
could be solved in 2 minutes!

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Wesley Vogel - 29 Apr 2007 17:40 GMT

> If only all sys admin
> problems could be solved in 2 minutes!

If only all problems could be solved in two minutes. ;-)

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

> Thanks for swift response both.
> And thanks to Doug Knox - again. I added the registry sub-key by hand and
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