How do I pick a default drive to search in XP?

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Bob Ladbury

Problem: Every time I start up Search in Windows XP, it always
defaults to searching ALL drives. I just want to search the local disk
(c) and its very frustratingn to change this every time I search. I've
spent hours on the web and newsgroups trying to research a solution to
what seems like should be an obvious and easy fix, but came up with
nothing anywhere. Even the "save search as shortcut" solution didn't
work (says "There was a problem sending the command" when I click on
it). Am I missing the obvious?
 
After you enter your search topic, pull the slider down. You can click the
little arrow, where it says where it is going to search, and choose where
you want.

HTH, JAX
 
Bob said:
Problem: Every time I start up Search in Windows XP, it always
defaults to searching ALL drives. I just want to search the local disk
(c) and its very frustratingn to change this every time I search. I've
spent hours on the web and newsgroups trying to research a solution to
what seems like should be an obvious and easy fix, but came up with
nothing anywhere. Even the "save search as shortcut" solution didn't
work (says "There was a problem sending the command" when I click on
it). Am I missing the obvious?
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The "obvious" thing you are missing here is this:
There is no way to save a default volume to search in the Search dialog.
You must choose the volume(s) to search each time you start up the Search
dialog. Your choice WILL remain between searches if you do not close the
Search Dialog during your search session.

1) " Click on "Start|Search"
2) Under "Look in", click on the double-headed arrow to the right of current
choice, and dropdown list will be displayed, from which you can choose the
volume(s) to begin your search in.

Do the above BEFORE you click on "Search Now"

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I already know how to choose the volume to search upon startup, and
that it retains the setting for as long as Search is open; it just
seems insane that MS would release a search utility in an advanced
operating system that's too stupid to realize that you search your
local disk 99% of the time, and don't want to have to keep going
through the motions of changing this setting because you happen to
have extra partitions on the local drive. I guess I'll have to stop
using XP's search utility. Are there any better ones out there for XP
that are "advanced" enough to retain the drive setting?
 
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