Windows Explorer Searching file contents

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I recently bought a new computer that is running XP Home.

On my previous computer I had Win 2000 and when I went
into Windows Explorer and selected the search tab I had
the option of searching for a phrase or word in any files
in the current directory and it's subs. i.e. if I search
for the word "function" in my .php files all the files
that contain the word "function" are listed.

If I do the similar process in Windows Explorer
("function" in the box listed "A word or phrase in the
file") on XP it never seems to render any results.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
 
Jeff said:
I recently bought a new computer that is running XP Home.

On my previous computer I had Win 2000 and when I went
into Windows Explorer and selected the search tab I had
the option of searching for a phrase or word in any files
in the current directory and it's subs. i.e. if I search
for the word "function" in my .php files all the files
that contain the word "function" are listed.

If I do the similar process in Windows Explorer
("function" in the box listed "A word or phrase in the
file") on XP it never seems to render any results.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
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Nothing really. The search feature is definitely lacking.
See the link below to improve results:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309173
 
Jeff said:
I recently bought a new computer that is running XP Home.

On my previous computer I had Win 2000 and when I went
into Windows Explorer and selected the search tab I had
the option of searching for a phrase or word in any files
in the current directory and it's subs. i.e. if I search
for the word "function" in my .php files all the files
that contain the word "function" are listed.

If I do the similar process in Windows Explorer
("function" in the box listed "A word or phrase in the
file") on XP it never seems to render any results.

What am I doing wrong?
Click to expand...

You're doing nothing wrong. See http://support.telop.org/xpsrch.htm
and/or http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP MCE
http://support.telop.org

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