"Gordon" <gbplinux@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Celegans" <Celegans@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:OqUuETWeIHA.4260@xxxxxx Quote:
> > An example: I was looking for some old Delphi code examples for how to
> > work with the clipboard programmatically.
> > I searched my old directory of Delphi code fragments (*.pas files) for
> > the string "clipboard". Windows Explorer in Vista Ultimate search
> > returns ZERO hits.
>
> have you told Windows search to index that folder? (Not knowing anything
> about Vista, but using Windows desktop search in XP, if the files are in a
> non-default location, then unless you tell WS to index that location it
> WON'T find any files....) I have indexed, and re-indexed my whole C: drive. I have tried several
configuration changes suggested to me.
I've only been looking for a solution since July 2007, including a
"technical support incident" call directly to MSDN, and private E-mails with
two different Microsoft product managers. One of the Microsoft product
managers suggested I request a "hot fix". But little people like me are
ignored by Microsoft. After hours on the phone, my conclusion is that only
someone inside Microsoft can request a hot fix -- not me. Why the two
different product managers don't do anything about the problem is a mystery
to me.
Statistically, Vista's search does work much of the time, and often returns
most of the results. Because of that many people are fooled into thinking
that Vista's search is complete and correct. Sometimes it is, but what good
is a search tool if it cannot be trusted to ALWAYS be complete and correct?
So if one only needs partial search Vista is "good enough", which is the
current Microsoft stand.
Apparently, Microsoft will only care when there are more complaints that
Vista's search is flawed, or until some big corporation or government group
insists that search be fixed in Vista.
C.E.