Big deficiency in MS Explorer Search?

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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Newell White

Newell White wrote:
> 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.

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_d...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

In news:81A6D1C6-8F78-4633-BFBB-B302903DE15F@microsoft.com,
Newell White <NewellWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> 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?
> --
> Newell White

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!
--
Newell White


"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> 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_d...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.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:81A6D1C6-8F78-4633-BFBB-B302903DE15F@microsoft.com,
> Newell White <NewellWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > 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?
> > --
> > Newell White
>
>

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

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

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9A987A4A-683F-4CB4-A5C2-5AA2D4BB1803@microsoft.com,
Newell White <NewellWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> 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!
> --
> Newell White
>
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> 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_d...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.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:81A6D1C6-8F78-4633-BFBB-B302903DE15F@microsoft.com,
>> Newell White <NewellWhite@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> 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?
>>> --
>>> Newell White