Windows search on 16-bit characters

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Cooter

I recently attempted to search for a file containing a particular word. I
knew for a fact the word was in one of a group of files. The Windows search
function came up empty. After looking through one of the files (MS Publisher
document) I saw that the text was stored as 16-bit (unicode?) characters.
QUESTION: Is there a way to get the Windows search function to search that
format?

Thanks,
Cooter
 
I recently attempted to search for a file containing a particular word. I
knew for a fact the word was in one of a group of files. The Windows search
function came up empty. After looking through one of the files (MS Publisher
document) I saw that the text was stored as 16-bit (unicode?) characters.
QUESTION: Is there a way to get the Windows search function to search that
format?

Thanks,
Cooter
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XP only searches text in some file formats. MVP Doug Knox has a utility for
other file formats:
Enable Searching for Text in Files
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_filefilter.htm

Or you could use an alternative find tool such as Agent Ransack:
http://www.mythicsoft.com
 
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