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Windows Forum / Windows XP / Performance and Maintainance / September 2005"Search" doesn't find files
When I use "search" from Windows Explorer, the system doesn't find the files I'm looking for, even when I KNOW they are there. It only fails on my C: drive - I have an external drive (drive X:) and the same search spec finds the files perfectly (all I change is the location to search)... that's how I know that I'm doing the search correctly. What kind of parameter is making the difference between my C: drive and X: drive that files are found on one and not the other?? My laptop is also running XP Pro, SP2 but the search on it works fine. I've compared everything I can think of and can't find any differences... HELP!!! This is making me nuts!! Are you searching for HIDDEN files? If so, you need to check the "include system/hidden files" in the search options. --- No question is difficult if you know the answer. Nope... regular files. At first I only suspected something was wrong, so I picked a JPG file in the C: root directory and entered the full file name in the search. It didn't find it. I then changed the search parameter to search my external backup drive for the same file - the only spec I changed was the drive on which to search - it found it immediately. > Are you searching for HIDDEN files? If so, you need to check the > "include system/hidden files" in the search options. > > --- > No question is difficult if you know the answer. > When I use "search" from Windows Explorer, the system doesn't find the > files > I'm looking for, even when I KNOW they are there. =================== Get the free Agent Ransack. It's faster than MS Search and finds what the built in one misses. :-) FS~ How very cool - thanks! > > When I use "search" from Windows Explorer, the system doesn't find the > > files [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > FS~ |
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