WinXP search of Word2.0 Files inconsistent

[windsurferLA]

By changing preferences and enabling indexing and enabling console tree,
I can sometimes get WinXP search to return occurances of text within old
Word2.0 and newer (office 97 at later) Word files. However, I have not
been able to get it to work consistently. Usually, at the beginning of
a session, I can get it to search both old and new versions of Word.
Later, the basic search only finds the new files, and an advanced search
done rom the Indexing Window done by a Query on the Catalog only turns
up the older files.

How do I set things so I can consistently search for text within the old
and newer Word files?

WindsurferLA

 

[Torgeir Bakken \(MVP\)]

By changing preferences and enabling indexing and enabling console tree,
I can sometimes get WinXP search to return occurances of text within old
Word2.0 and newer (office 97 at later) Word files. However, I have not
been able to get it to work consistently. Usually, at the beginning of
a session, I can get it to search both old and new versions of Word.
Later, the basic search only finds the new files, and an advanced search
done rom the Indexing Window done by a Query on the Catalog only turns
up the older files.

How do I set things so I can consistently search for text within the old
and newer Word files?

Hi

I don't know any specifics for your problem, I have given up on WinXP's
builtin search long time ago.

One of the first things I do when I am to use a WinXP computer over
some time is to install the free Agent Ransack and use it for searches.

Download it from here:
http://www.mythicsoft.com/agentransack/default.aspx

Agent Ransack can save the search result to a file (or clipboard), as text,
comma separated text or tab separated text.

When searching for text inside files, Agent Ransack is also able to do a
preview of the lines the text was found in (just do a single click on the
found file).
Also, you can use regular expression on both the file name part and the find
text in files part.