"Ninjak on FW" <shawnn@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1191015685.164393.176160@xxxxxx
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>I have Vista Business, latest patch.
>
> In Vista Search I specify location: Local Hard Drives (C
, searching
> for file "*.837". Search finds one SHORTCUT in my Recent items folder.
> That's not right...
>
> I bring up the command prompt and from C: I do "dir/w/s *.837". Guess
> what, my files are right there in C:\Users\Me.
>
> WTF Microsoft?!?! Do I have to go back to command line search to find
> files now? You go to the Advanced Search and check on *Include non-indexed, hidden and
system files*. I too thought that the Vista's Search was painful and
couldn't find any thing, until someone posted about enabling the Include
function on the Advanced Search. Actually Vista's Search is cool and I was
cussing it out for nothing.