In XP, it was sooooo easy to search for any file on the PC.
Now, in Vista, I'm sure I have a file somewhere (EG a doc file with
'blabberdygook' in the text), how do I find it?
The 'search' option didn't help me.
Yes, I'm sure I must be pretty stupid to be asking for such a
fundamental thing.
Roger.

Tools>Folder Options>Search tab>

"Roger Van Loon" <roger.van.loon@telenet.be> wrote in message
news:OLPYi43YIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> In XP, it was sooooo easy to search for any file on the PC.
> Now, in Vista, I'm sure I have a file somewhere (EG a doc file with
> 'blabberdygook' in the text), how do I find it?
> The 'search' option didn't help me.
> Yes, I'm sure I must be pretty stupid to be asking for such a fundamental
> thing.
> Roger.[/color]

Actually you can add whichever file extensions you want included in the
index.
Mine has .pl files included, with a plain text filter.
Start - Control Panel - Indexing Options - Advanced - File types

Not that it helps in your test, perhaps because the newly created file is
not in the index yet.

But, anyway, the search function doesn't seem to work as it should...


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"herv" <herv.340x23@no-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
news:herv.340x23@no-mx.forums.net...[color=blue]
>
> Bob;591245 Wrote:[color=green]
>> Tools>Folder Options>Search tab>
>>
>> "Roger Van Loon" <roger.van.loon@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OLPYi43YIHA.1164@xxxxxx> > >[color=darkred]
>> > > In XP, it was sooooo easy to search for any file on the PC.
>> > > Now, in Vista, I'm sure I have a file somewhere (EG a doc file with
>> > > 'blabberdygook' in the text), how do I find it?
>> > > The 'search' option didn't help me.
>> > > Yes, I'm sure I must be pretty stupid to be asking for such a
>> > fundamental
>> > > thing.
>> > > Roger. > >[/color][/color]
>
> Well, it seems that Vista can only search in the content of a narrow
> selection of files based on their extension. It seraches in the content
> of .txt, .doc, and all other pre-approved microsoft extensions but not
> in file having more exotic file extension even if they are in text
> format e.g. .pl file extension for perl script.
> To convince yourself, create a text file and rename it with a .pl
> extension and make a search in its content...you'll get nothing...
> XP was better!
>
>
> --
> herv[/color]

/Roger Van Loon/ said:[color=blue]
> In XP, it was sooooo easy to search for any file on the PC.
> Now, in Vista, I'm sure I have a file somewhere (EG a doc file with
> 'blabberdygook' in the text), how do I find it?
> The 'search' option didn't help me.
> Yes, I'm sure I must be pretty stupid to be asking for such a
> fundamental thing.[/color]

Care to try a FREE utility that may negate your need to ever again use
Vista search?
[url]http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/[/url]

Thanks, all.
I still seem to have trouble working with the Vista search option, and I
don't like the index (for one thing: recent files, not yet indexed, are
of course not found). I did install Agent Ransack (thanks, Dev) and I
think I'll use that from now on.
One thing, again: "The Windows Help (WinHlp32.exe) program is no longer
included in Vista...."
So Agent Ransack's help does not work.
Why can't they leave a good thing alone?
Roger.



Roger Van Loon wrote:[color=blue]
> In XP, it was sooooo easy to search for any file on the PC.
> Now, in Vista, I'm sure I have a file somewhere (EG a doc file with
> 'blabberdygook' in the text), how do I find it?
> The 'search' option didn't help me.
> Yes, I'm sure I must be pretty stupid to be asking for such a
> fundamental thing.
> Roger.[/color]

herv wrote:[color=blue]
> Roger,
>
> WinHlp32.exe is here below generously provided by microsoft himself
> [url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6EBCFAD9-D3F5-4365-8070-334CD175D4BB&displaylang=en[/url]
>
> I would have prefered them providing for download the good old XP
> search engine ...
>
>
>[/color]
Herv,
Very many thanks! I had looked for something like this, but hadn't found
it...
Roger.