Re: Exclude files in Serach
- From: "Twayne" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:50:11 -0400
On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:12:04 -0400, "Twayne"
<nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Is there a way to get the Search feature to exclude certain file
types?
My searches get stuck when they run into Acronis True Image backup
files (*.tib) I'm thinking that serach is treating them like folders
but it just keeps running (or hangs) for hours.
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How about turning off the ability to search in compressed files? Are
those compressed?
They are compressed files. How do you turn it off?
Thanks
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Looks like this is about the best I can do right now for this issue:
One reason why Windows Vista's Search tool is so fast is because, rather
than searching your whole hard disk, it only searches the Documents
folders. So the next time that you pull up Windows XP's Search
Companion, click All Files And Folders and select My Documents in the
Look In drop-down list. This prevents the Search Companion from
searching the entire hard disk.
If you want to search documents stored in the root folder, you can still
speed up the process by removing system folders from the search. Click
All Files And Folders, open the More Advanced Options panel, and clear
the Search System Folders check box. If the Search Hidden Files And
Folders check box is selected, clear it too.
If you have a lot of ZIP files (or compressed folders, as Windows XP
calls them) on your hard disk, the Search Companion will search through
each of those as well, albeit more slowly. To prevent the Search
Companion from searching through compressed folders, either move all
your compressed folders to the root folder and then configure the Search
Companion to only search the My Documents folder, or disable Windows
XP's support for compressed folders.
To disable this support, access the Run dialog box, type the command
regsvr32 /u zipfldr.dll in the Open text box and click OK. You'll then
need to restart the system for the change to take effect. (To re-enable
Windows XP's support for compressed folders, use the command regsvr32
zipfldr.dll.)
What if the Search Companion is disabled?
If you've disabled Windows XP's Search Companion interface and are using
the Windows 2000 Search interface instead, you'll need to make the
following adjustments to this tip:
a.. To search My Documents, select My Documents in the Look In
drop-down list.
b.. To remove system folders from the search, click Search Options,
select the Advanced Options check box, and then clear the Search System
Folders check box. (If the Search Hidden Files And Folders check box is
selected, clear it too.)
To prevent the searching of compressed folders, you can use the same
technique as you would for the Search Companion.
Note: This tip applies to both Windows XP Home and Windows XP
Professional. Also remember that editing the registry is risky; so be
sure you've performed a full backup before making any changes.
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