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Windows XP question
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| Mike Nunn 2006-03-15, 8:23 pm |
| With good old Windows 98, I could search through a folder of wfm, prg, rep
etc files for particular code and get a short list of files I needed to work
on.
Windows XP doesn't seem to think files with these extensions are worth
searching. Which seems odd.
Is anybody else having the same problem? If so, what do you do instead?
Mike
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| > With good old Windows 98, I could search through a folder of wfm, prg, rep
> etc files for particular code and get a short list of files I needed to
> work on.
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> Windows XP doesn't seem to think files with these extensions are worth
> searching. Which seems odd.
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> Is anybody else having the same problem? If so, what do you do instead?
Here are instructions I got from Windows XP help. I don't think you need to
modify the registry. Try it before you do.
Method 2
To configure Windows XP to search all files no matter what the file type,
obtain the latest service pack for Windows XP and then turn on the Index
file types with unknown extensions option.
If you use this method, Windows XP searches all file types for the text that
you specify. This can affect the performance of the search functionality. To
do this: 1. Click Start, and then click Search (or point to Search, and then
click For Files or Folders).
2. Click Change preferences, and then click With Indexing Service (for
faster local searches).
3. Click Change Indexing Service Settings (Advanced). Note that you do
not have to turn on the Index service.
4. On the toolbar, click Show/Hide Console Tree.
5. In the left pane, right-click Indexing Service on Local Machine,
and then click Properties.
6. On the Generation tab, click to select the Index files with unknown
extensions check box, and then click OK.
7. Close the Indexing Service console.
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly
by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might
require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee
that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.
Network administrators can configure this setting by modifying the registry.
To do this, set the FilterFilesWithUnkno
wnExtensions DWORD value to 1 in the
following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\S
YSTEM\CurrentControl
Set\Control\ContentI
ndex
For more information about how to obtain the latest service pack for Windows
XP, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:
322389 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322389/) How to obtain the latest
Windows XP service pack
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| Alain Robidoux 2006-03-23, 8:26 pm |
| Mike Nunn Wrote:
> With good old Windows 98, I could search through a folder of wfm, prg, rep
> etc files for particular code and get a short list of files I needed to work
> on.
>
> Windows XP doesn't seem to think files with these extensions are worth
> searching. Which seems odd.
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> Is anybody else having the same problem? If so, what do you do instead?
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> Mike
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Get Total Commander at www.ghisler.com. It makes a beautiful and rapid search on anything you want. You are going to find a gold mine.
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| Frank J. Polan 2006-03-23, 8:26 pm |
| I'll second that. Been using it since it was Windows Commander in the
DOS era<g>
Frank Polan
On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 14:36:58 -0500, Alain Robidoux
<alain.robidoux@verso.com> wrote:
>Mike Nunn Wrote:
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>Get Total Commander at www.ghisler.com. It makes a beautiful and rapid search on anything you want. You are going to find a gold mine.
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