Vista - Search No Longer Works

I used to be able to find files in My Documents and its subfolders by typing
part of the name into the search bar at the top of Windows Explorer. Now
when I try to search, it returns no results. I type in part of the name of a
file that I can see is in My Documents. What am I doing wrong?

I'm using Vista Home Premium.

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C and A Bredt

Hi,

Go here first for some basic info:


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932989/en-us


Two considerations:
1) try rebuilding the index using Indexing Options
2) if this trouble began after downloading Windows Search 4.0 update, then
consider uninstalling it.


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oscar

"Right click is a good friend..."


"C and A Bredt" <abredt_at-delete-this@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Oscar,

If a new Search program got installed, that may explain why it used to
work.

I don't see Windows Search 4.0 in my list of Microsoft Updates, nor in
Remove Programs. Can it be hiding somewhere else?
CB
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C and A Bredt
"oscar" <oscar2times@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, CB.

WS4.0 is well-hidden in the updates lists. Well, hidden in plain sight, I
guess. There are so many others that it might be hard to spot. :>(

In my fully up-to-date-as-of-this-morning Vista Ultimate x64, in my list of
Installed Updates in Windows Update it is the 25th item from the top, dated
7/23/08m and listed as:
Windows Search 4.0 for Windows Vista x64-based Systems (KB940157)

In Programs and Features, it doesn't appear at all until I click "View
installed updates". Then it is alphabetized as simply "Windows Search 4.0".

But Indexing Options doesn't identify it as WS4 - or as anything at all.
:>(

RC
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R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@xxxxxx
Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64 SP1)

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