simple searching of file whose filenames has a particular word won'twork

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I have been using for Vista for a while, and sometimes i just want to
search for a file in the folder whose filename has the word "Stock" in
it.

So the search result says "No result found". Sometimes I even look
at one file that says, "Stock news - Intel 2008-11-02.html" and the
search result says "No found".

Can this be solved? I noticed that I am already setting it to "index"
this folder to make the search faster. Isn't this as simple as a year
1 computer science student homework? Just to find all files and show
files whose filename contain a certain word?
 
I have been using for Vista for a while, and sometimes i just want to
search for a file in the folder whose filename has the word "Stock" in
it.

So the search result says "No result found". Sometimes I even look at
one file that says, "Stock news - Intel 2008-11-02.html" and the search
result says "No found".

Can this be solved? I noticed that I am already setting it to "index"
this folder to make the search faster. Isn't this as simple as a year 1
computer science student homework? Just to find all files and show
files whose filename contain a certain word?
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From the command line:

find . -name "*Stock*"

Oh wait, that's how you do it in Linux.
 
liketofindoutwhy said:
I have been using for Vista for a while, and sometimes i just want to
search for a file in the folder whose filename has the word "Stock" in
it.

So the search result says "No result found". Sometimes I even look
at one file that says, "Stock news - Intel 2008-11-02.html" and the
search result says "No found".

Can this be solved? I noticed that I am already setting it to "index"
this folder to make the search faster. Isn't this as simple as a year
1 computer science student homework? Just to find all files and show
files whose filename contain a certain word?
Click to expand...

Yes, the way to fix it is to install the 3rd party search utility of
your choice. Vista search is shit.

--
"Software is like sex, it's better when it's free."
- Linus Torvalds

DRM and unintended consequences:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=435&tag=nl.e101
 
isn't XP search function at least functional? So Vista is taking it a
step forward? and all those Vista upgrades didn't fix this simple
problem?
 
ok, i found a way on the command prompt:

dir | find "Stock"

and that will do...

but now i just need a way to click on it...
 
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