Windows Explorer "Search..." not finding files with particular wor

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Pilgrim

I'm not having success in using Windows Explorer to find files with a
particular word or phrase in the files.

The File -> Search... window allows me to enter a filename and "A word or
phrase in the file" to search for.

So I enter *.xsd (for example) in the filename field, and "import" as the
word I'm looking for.

The result is "Search is complete. There are no results to display."

I *know* there are .xsd files in the directory with "import" as text. I've
seen the files. But "Search" is not finding them. This is happening for
several different file types.

How can I get Search to find them?

Thanks.
 
I'm not having success in using Windows Explorer to find files with a
particular word or phrase in the files.

The File -> Search... window allows me to enter a filename and "A word or
phrase in the file" to search for.

So I enter *.xsd (for example) in the filename field, and "import" as the
word I'm looking for.

The result is "Search is complete. There are no results to display."

I *know* there are .xsd files in the directory with "import" as text. I've
seen the files. But "Search" is not finding them. This is happening for
several different file types.

How can I get Search to find them?

Thanks.
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I've seen this too. I figured it was a bug. I use a "file grep"
function in my programmer's editor when I want to do that kind of
search, however I wish they would fix it.
Regards,
ImageAnalyst
 
If you check the checkbox for "Advanced Options" is the "Case sensitive"
checkbox checked? In other words, check that "Case sensitive" is unchecked.
 
The "Case sensitive" box is unchecked.

Does it matter that these files are under CVS control? That is, perhaps
some part of the filename is hidden, even though I see a file type of .xsd or
..xml? However, a DOS directory listing shows the filename I'm expecting.
And the DOS "find" command searches the files OK.

On another track, can the "find" command be used to search a directory tree?

Thanks!
 
Probably "CVS control" is the problem. I am guessing, so perhaps you are
better able to guess, but if the files are stored in CVS in a manner similar
to files in a zip file, then CVS is probably compressing the text and then
of course the text is not recognizable without special logic. The Windows
search tool has special logic for zip files.
 
The DOS "find" command finds the desired text, and "type" will display the
file, so I don't think the files are compressed. Still not sure what's going
on.
 
Window XP SP2 has several problems related to explorer search. First thing
to try is making sure that "search tape backups" is checked under "more
advanced options" If this does not work; reg fixes are available at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm for explorer search
issues.Since you are using a file extension that XP may not have associate
with a particular program (*.xsd) you may want to apply reg fix number 136
"Search for All File Types" from the site provided above to resolve your
issue. I hope this helps.

Timothy DeBarbora
 
Thanks!

The "search tape backups" checkbox didn't do anything, but the tweak 136 at
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
did the trick.

I had found some similar apps claiming Registry changes, but this one
actually worked. A different one that I tried allowed you to enter a file
type, and was supposed to register that type for searching. But it didn't
seem to do anything.

But xp_tweak 136 worked fine, and now search does what I expect it to.

Thanks again!

-- Pilgrim
 
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