Re: WinXP SEARCH fails...
From: S.Sengupta (ssengupta__at_msn.com)
Date: 10/31/04
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Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:50:43 +0530
'Why doesn't Search work?'
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
regards,
ssg MS-MVP
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George wrote:
> Either SEARCH doesn't work right or I've got a setting wrong...it's missing
> some text that exists in documents. Here's the deal...
>
> I'm using WinXP with SP-2. Back around 1993 I used to use WordPerfect. I
> wanted to scrub some of these old documents of certain info, like say a
> birthday of let's say "contains a word or phrase of" 12-15-72. I made sure
> the basics were set right...search hidden, search subfolders, uncheck case
> sensitive, etc. But this happens...
>
> On my WIN-XP PC, SEARCH flatly *fails* to find numerous WordPerfect (and
> possibly other) documents that actually DO contain 12-15-72. (Does it have
> a problem with the dash?)
>
> On an old Win98 PC (on the same LAN), I can point the FIND function (the
> predecessor name for "search") at the same folder, and Win98 DOES find all
> (about a dozen) documents that contain 12-15-72.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this? Text is text, and it does't make sense
> that WinXP search would be worse that Win98. In fact, it's not very useful
> if it's this unrealiable...but I suspect I've got something set wrong.
>
> (I know there are other search programs out there...but the focus here is on
> WinXP and getting it to do the search job...not dismissing it and installing
> something else, surely WinXP search can do the job).
>
> Thanks,
> George
>
>
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