Re: xp search finds 3 files

OK, I saved, shut down and removed the power cord for a few minutes. I
restarted, opened my windows explorer and performed a search on "Documents
Needed_Running Totals.xls". I got 3 results. They are (I cut/pasted each of
them from the Windows Explorer search window, separately):
E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\family\Taxes\Documents
Needed_Running Totals.xls
E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\family\Taxes\Documents
Needed_Running Totals.xls
E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\family\Taxes\Documents
Needed_Running Totals.xls
I checked the properties on each of the 3 'apparent' different files and
found that the Type of file:, Opens with:, Location:, Size:, Size on disk:,
Created:, Modified:, and Accessed: was identical on all 3 files. The date
stamps were identical, down to the second on each of the 3 files.

I have seen the 'recent' reference in past searches on other files but it is
not present at this time for this particular search. The searches that I
have conducted today have all been from My Documents.

This is where things start to change. I broadened my search so that
ANYTHING on the E:\ drive was included in the search. This search got 5
hits. Four of them had the 'recent' reference to them but were only 1 KB in
size. They all were of a 'Shortcut' type of file and the 5th one was of a
Microsoft Excel Work*** Type. The complete path is:
E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Documents and Settings\Mark
Ash\Recent\Documents Needed_Running Totals.xls
E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\family\Taxes\Documents
Needed_Running Totals.xls
E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\Documents Needed_Running Totals.xls
E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Documents and Settings\Mark Ash\Application
Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent\Documents Needed_Running Totals.xls
E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Recent\Documents Needed_Running Totals.xls

The created dates are different on these 5 files. They are:
Sunday, October 05, 2008, 6:24:32 PM
Sunday, February 11, 2007, 2:45:47 PM
Monday, December 29, 2008, 8:29:39 PM
Sunday, October 05, 2008, 3:14:29 PM
Monday, December 29, 2008, 8:29:36 PM

The Modified and Accessed dates are slightly different. The dates are all
1/31 but the exact timestamp is slightly different.

The more I dig into this the more confused I get. FYI - I rebuilt my
computer from scratch several months ago. I had a sector or something that
went bad and had to recover my files from a back-up drive. I recovered using
'security points' or something to that effect. I think that this has
something to do with my problems but not 100% sure.

Any of this help???


"Twayne" wrote:

Hmm, that is interesting. Yes, those are the
paths you were asked about, but to be complete the
filename has to be at the end of them.

e.g. ."E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My
Documents\family\Taxes\TurboTaxOffer.PDF" THAT
forms the complete path.
The TurboTaxOffer.pdf might be different
between them? You have to be very specific and
very precise when talking about paths to programs.
I might expect 3 nearly identical files, like:
1. The once above in My Documents.
2. The one above but with "Recent" somewhere in
the path.
3. One more, but not in My Documents, being the
"real" path to the file.
So they will look similar, but not be exact.
The Recent means it's a recenetly used command,
then there is the real file, and then the mirror
of it in My Documents.
E:\My Documents is actually the same path as
the one you gave; it's just a way to get to it
easier and with a lot less typing, that MS set up.

But ... are you positive those paths are written
EXACTLY the same? There isn't an added
\recent or somethign similar appended to one,
and/or the Drive letter isn't actually E: each
time but instead D on one, E on the other?
Check them very carefully from start to finish
to be sure they are exactly the same all the way
through the filename and its extension.

Maybe the above sounds dumb, but I've never come
across anything like what you have, so I'm looking
for the "stupid mistake" a lot of us make by
looking at the same thing time after time and not
seeing the differences, etc..

Have you tried a Restart? It could be just a
glitch that will go away on Restart. Better than
Restart, actually Shut Down and physically remove
the power cord from the computer for 30 seconds,
then start it again and see if it shows anything
differently.

HTH at least a little,

Twayne




I scanned a document called "TurboTaxOffer.pdf"
and filed
it in my "E:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My
Documents\family\Taxes" folder. Is
"E:\Documents and
Settings\Owner\My Documents\family\Taxes" the
full path
name you were talking about? When I performed a
search
on "TurboTaxOffer.pdf", WINXP Home Edition found
this
file 3 times. All 3 files were in the
"E:\Documents and
Settings\Owner\My Documents\family\Taxes"
folder. All 3
files had the name of "TurboTaxOffer.pdf", a
Size of 284
KB, a file Type of "Adobe Acrobat Document" and
a Data
Modified of "2/22/2008 7:51 PM. All this tells
me is it
found the same file 3 times in the same folder
but when I
go to that folder the file is only listed once.
This
makes sense because you can not have multiple
files of
the same name in the same folder.

"Leonard Grey" wrote:

We can't provide specific information if you
won't tell
us the full path names of the file you have in
mind.

In general: Many files with the same name
exist.
Sometimes they are different versions of the
same file.
Sometimes they are intentional duplicates or
triplicates. This does not mean there is
anything wrong
with your computer. ---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

MashMan wrote:
When I search for a specific file in Windows
Explorer,
XP finds the file 3 times. Everything is
identical,
the Name, In Folder, Size, Type, Date
Modified, etc.
How can I configure Windows XP Home Edition to
show me
just a single file?




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