Re: Win XP Search not finding anything!
From: David Candy (david_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/02/04
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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 06:21:08 +1000
If it's mdb we are talking about graft from .txt to .mdb, under .mdb will be the number relating to the office filter, replace it with the text filter. It searches files as ANSI unless there is a two byte unicode header then it will search as unicode. There is no way for a program to be sure if a file is unicode or not - it has a look then a guess. It won't find ansi if searching as unicode or vice versa.
Search is only set to get smarter in the future as people are already having problems finding their data. XP's search can search for MP3 over 5 mins playing time, a jpeg photo taken on christmas day, or a dll made by Microsoft.
-- ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.newmatilda.com/home/default.asp "M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message news:%23q6mIhSkEHA.1764@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > I found this: {5e941d80-bf96-11cd-b579-08002b30bfeb} in the registry key. > > I don't understand what you mean by "put it in your program's extension"? > > OK, now I fell stupid! > > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message > news:e1hnoZRkEHA.3476@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > Also note that stupid searching in previous versions of windows does not > find ALL text in a file. > > Type regedit in Start Run, navigate to > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.txt\PersistentHandler > > Copy what's there and put it in your program's extension. Again that won't > find all text but will find the same text that previous versions would find. > Findstr won't either. > > I use a script that searches for unicode or ansi text. 98 won't find unicode > text in non unicode files. In XP most text is unicode. > > > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.newmatilda.com/home/default.asp > "M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message > news:uQPsJTRkEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > > The part that says: "Don't tell me what I want to do, ask me what I want > > to > > do!" was not directed to you but to Windows XP itself and the Microsoft > > designers who think they know more about what I want to do than what I > > really want to do. > > > > I don't find it even the slight bit unreasonable to be able to search for > > text within any file. > > In fact, I have this morning found a function in the command window which > > does precisely that, but I hate working in basically a DOS environment > > when > > I have Windows XP. > > > > c:\>findstr /s /i /m scroll *.mdb > findscroll.txt > > > > My apologies for curdling your sensibilities. > > > > Mich > > > > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message > > news:upE3npQkEHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > Ask stupid people like yourself. > > > > -- > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > http://www.newmatilda.com/home/default.asp > > "M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message > > news:ebO4MaQkEHA.3608@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > > > This is not smart searching, it's really, really stupid! Don't tell me > > > what > > > I want to do, ask me what I want to do! > > > > > > So how can I do a REAL search and find what I need? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Mich > > > > > > "David Candy" <david@mvps.org> wrote in message > > > news:egNjQPQkEHA.3848@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > > > Because people normally search for Data. So XP searches for user data. > > > Code > > > is not user data. Searching google for <html> won't find every web page > > > in > > > google's database cause google, like XP, searches content not binary > > > structure. > > > > > > It's smart searching. > > > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > > > http://www.newmatilda.com/home/default.asp > > > "M Skabialka" <mskabialka@NOSPAMdrc.com> wrote in message > > > news:OqNM16PkEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > > > > I was trying to find a form in an Access database that had code I > > > > wanted > > > > to > > > > reuse. So using Windows XP I did a search on all of my databases on > > > > the > > > > computer: > > > > > > > > filename: *.mdb > > > > A word or phrase in the file: scroll > > > > Look in: My Computer > > > > > > > > Search didn't find it, so I tried another word, then tried "sub" which > > > > appears multiple times in every database. > > > > > > > > In no case did the search find any files. > > > > My search options include: > > > > Search system folders > > > > Search hidden fiels and folders > > > > Search subfolders > > > > > > > > No date or size restrictions.... > > > > > > > > I could do this in Windows98, in fact I just went to my old PC with > > > > some > > > > of > > > > the same databases and did a search, and found databases based on > > > > seach > > > > words. > > > > Why can't I find these access .mdb files based on words in them using > > > > Windows XP search? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mich > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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