The search in Windows Vista is fundamentally flawed and simply cannot find
many files regardless of your settings. My guess is I cannot find 20-25% of
the old files on my machine because Windows simply won't search them. If
you have any files with a "wrong" extension Vista just ignores them. I have
wasted hours in 2007 with manual file-by-file searches since Vista's search
cannot find files I know exist.
The Windows Vista Advance search techniques page was intended to explain how
to use the new search, but it is now documentation about the failures of
search in Vista:
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/wi...echniques.aspx
So far only silence from Microsoft about any fix or workaround, and just
another reason to go back to Windows XP. Search in Windows 2000 was better.
"Donald L McDaniel" <orthocrossATcomcastDOTnet> wrote in message
news:einen3h51acaoht9ianmjgiqe25v1olab7@xxxxxx
Quote:
> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:09:39 -0500, "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]"
> <andred25@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
>>Are you sure those locations of the system are being indexed? It has to be
>>indexed to show up in the 'Search results'. Check your Indexing Options in
>>Control Panel.
>
> Not necesarily:
>
> Search without using the Index. It will be a little slower (by a few
> seconds), but considerably more thorough.
>
> Additionally, make sure Folder options are set to display hidden and
> system folders/files. ALL executable files are considered to be
> system files by Vista, and are hidden by default.
>
> Donald L.McDaniel
> Please reply to original thread and newsgroup.
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