Re: search for text in non-.txt files?

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Fixes, Windows XP Search Problems. Alternatively download Agent Ransack.

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"Michael Roper" <michaelr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OCAaff7YFHA.3920@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I remember seeing somewhere once that Windows Search will automatically
> exclude certain file types from a text search (like .exe files, e.g.).
> How can I force text searches to include files that are excluded by default?
>
> In this particular case, I want to search .dns files for certain text
> (which won't work unless I append a .txt to the file name).
>
> Thanks.
>
> Michael Roper
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