Search doesn't find files it should in Windows Explorer

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I am searching a directory on my desktop (also other directories on C: ) for
a file with name '*.properties' and containing the string 'Admin'. I know
that the file exists in asub directory, I can open it in the editor and see
the text. I run the search and no files are found.

I tried '*Admin*' no file found.
I tried with no text given, many files are found, including the one that
contains the text.

I am not running with indexing turned on.
Any Ideas?
 
Tim

'*.properties' is no good for a file name search! There is no file
extension "properties"!


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"Windows only searches user type files". Please explain what you mean by
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"David Candy" <.> wrote in message
Windows only searches user type files.
 
*.properties doesn't mean anything. I can rename any file to *.properties

If this file is a binary or graphics file, he will never be able to search
for a text string within the file.

That said, quit being so confrontational.

MD
 
Why is "properties" no good for a file extension ?? It doesn't have to be
three characters anymore....

MD
 
Properties is the thing that counts. Nothing stops anyone from searching in graphics and binary files. The behaviour is based on the extensions. Both graphics and binary (whatever they are - I presume you don't mean real binary files - real binary files contain only text) have embedded text strings in them.
 
Because he is making the assumption, probably correctly, that properties isn't a registered file type.
 
I did mean binary files. You're thinking of ascii files. And no, you can't
presume that you can find embedded text strings in any non-text file.

MD
 
Here's the definition of a binary file, from bleepingcomputer.com:

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Binary File:
Any file that is not ASCII, or plain text. The file can be anything from a
compiled executable to an mp3 file.
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MD
 
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