There's no method in Vista.
Maybe in Windows7 there's.
Search is one of the mega failures of Vista, comparing to goo dold WinXP.
inXP found things and even things withing things. In plain English, it
found text strings within any kid of file, even binaries if I modfiied
Registry to apply "filters".
You invoked the subject which was much discussed & made gigantic tidal waves
on the Web.
Why are you so late?
It's an established fact Vista search is a disgusting step backwars versus
WinXP. It works you know what for?
For kids & housewives looking for photos, videos & retarded music.
Don'tr try to fix it and instead do this:
a) Get Windows7 when it comes out
and/or
b) The best Search product on the market, which beats even WindowsXP an
dprobably Win7, is made by Mythic Soft.
They make "FileFinderPro" or something like that, I dont remember the name -
$40
And also free Agent Ransack but its development stoppe din 2003 (?)
Amazingly even free ransack is better than Vista search which fails to find
a text string I KNOW exists within certain files.
Sometimes it's so bad it can't even find a filename, forget about file
CONTENTS.
It requires many steps & clicks before search starts, and when you get
results it's screwed up the way Microsoft's idiot decided - arranged by name
& listed by ICONS or THUMBNAILS, e.g. for photos.
Everytime I set it to List View and arrange by type, it reverts to idiotic
icon display.
WindowsXP simply copied View settings from WinExplorer, but Vista.....
OK just get Windows7 and/or Mythic Soft's I can't tell you their website
because this Group moderator doesn't like competitor's sites listed, but
this knowedlge is now public.
Mythic Soft.
