Sorry it took me a while to post back. It was just waiting for the index to
work. I had thought it would've done it since I had the file on my computer
for five days but I guess I never left it idle. Also, thanks for the file
extension information though (in case that happens in the future).
"R. C. White" wrote:
Quote:
> Hi, Zicksen.
>
> Great! I'm glad it worked. Thanks for the report back.
>
> But, what worked? Correcting the file extension? Or just waiting for the
> index to update?
>
> (Some other user with a similar question might be able to use your
> experience.)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@xxxxxx
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> (Running Windows Live Mail beta 2 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 beta v.275)
>
> "Zicksen" <Zicksen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:A08D88A1-522B-451E-A5D6-B8654E1C6B21@xxxxxx Quote:
> > That worked. Thanks.
> >
> > "R. C. White" wrote:
> > Quote:
> >> Hi, Zicksen.
> >>
> >> Check your settings in Control Panel\Indexing Options. In \Advanced\File
> >> Types, there are several variations on the .doc extension; are you using
> >> a
> >> non-standard extension for your file? (Caution: Sometimes a slight
> >> change
> >> in this list will require the whole index to be rebuilt.)
> >>
> >> Also, has the Indexing program had time to index it yet? To keep from
> >> interfering too much with our use of the computer, the indexing works in
> >> the
> >> background, waiting for times when the computer is "idle" (waiting for us
> >> to
> >> do something). Maybe the new document will be there after your next
> >> coffee
> >> break. :^}
> >>
> >> RC
> >>
> >> "Zicksen" <Zicksen@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:55631490-8E6F-46AE-A83C-533D9CB5FD52@xxxxxx
> >> > I have a Word document that I saved under my Documents folder. The
> >> > search
> >> > does not index it (I can only find it under advanced search if I also
> >> > have
> >> > it
> >> > search non-indexed files). I went to start > index > modify and it says
> >> > that
> >> > the Documents folder should be indexed, and all the files are except
> >> > the
> >> > Word
> >> > document. Anyway to fix this?
>