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Old 07-04-2007, 09:50 PM
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How search for contents in files?

When I'm doing a file search, I often want to search for a file that
contains a certain text string. How do I do that? (The string is not a
tag.) I don't see that option in Advanced Search as it is in XP. Thanks.

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Old 07-05-2007, 01:11 AM
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Re: How search for contents in files?

"Rick" <blue_no-spam-pls_heron3@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> When I'm doing a file search, I often want to search for a file that
> contains a certain text string. How do I do that? (The string is not a
> tag.) I don't see that option in Advanced Search as it is in XP. Thanks.[/color]

Search does this by default. If you are not finding the correct files then
you need to check your indexing options in Control Panel and see exactly
what paths it's searching through and then add the paths you require.

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Old 07-05-2007, 07:00 AM
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Re: How search for contents in files?

put the string in quotes, "rain in Spain"

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> contains a certain text string. How do I do that? (The string is not a
> tag.) I don't see that option in Advanced Search as it is in XP. Thanks.[/color]

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