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Old 08-26-2008   #6 (permalink)
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Re: searching for file contents with Vista is a nightmare


"c" <barneytoe@xxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de
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>I understand Vista search is more powerful, but with XP I used to
> navigate through windows explorer, find a folder name, right click and
> hit search, then choose "a word or phrase in the file", and my
> results would show up.
>
> Now, looks like I have to do this:
>
> 1) make sure folder is indexed
> 2) make sure you hit "include contents" in advanced search options
> 3) make sure the file extension is in the list of accepted file types
> for searching
>
> WTF? How can I just tell Vista, search ALL f'ing files in this f'ing
> directory for the following f'ing contents?
>
> I'm livid, if you can't tell.
>
> c
Surely not what one would call user-friendly.

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